I know that cycling power is considered much better for training than heart rate. Back when I was competing in sailing, I did 2 months of V02 max training, we used heart rate, and most of the sessions were on the rowing machine. I saw a bump of 2.9 in my vo2max even while recovering from a cold. The…

Heart Rate Vs Power for VO2 Max Training

Pbase November 15, 2025, 1:48am 5

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I’ve been on TR for a few weeks, focusing on FTP improvement (I’m a climber by physique/ability). A couple of weeks ago I had my first workout with VO2 max blocks (is that the right word?). 1 min into the first 3 min block (300 watts, my FTP is 244w) I just had to stop. It was waaay too hard. I ended up skipping the rest of the workout and doing some zone 2. I may have been unwell or tired, but the VO2 just felt unreasonably difficult. Today my workout again has VO2 elements in again. 2.5min b…

What would a custom VO2 max progression look like? Training

Kolie told me something once that really resonated with me on how to execute vo2 This was after struggling my 3rd workout. I felt shit and was trying to increase power. Increasing power or total duration isn’t the goal of the block. You just want to invite a Max effort every time. The best way to do that as often as possible is this; “you should be trying to produce the highest heart rate possible using the lowest watts you can” One of the keys to that is high cadence. Next workout my power d…

Is it really a VO2max workout if you don't get anywhere near HRmax? Training

Last night I did a “stretch” VO2max workout, and I didn’t even hit my LTHR. I would say that I felt like I was getting pretty good stroke volume, since each beat felt pretty powerful. Is it really a VO2max workout if you don’t get anywhere near HRmax, as long as stroke volume and/or VO2 is relatively high? Or was the workout just too easy? I marked it as “moderate.” The “on” intervals felt like power I could do for more than five minutes without a problem.

Hard start VO2max intervals Training

I’ve had a few requests to share some hard start VO2max workouts I created. I created the following team that has four workouts to start with. Edit. Now 14 workouts. https://www.trainerroad.com/app/teams/14144-hard-start-vo2-max-intervals The workouts are a variant on the one below - with 6 x 2.5 minute, 3.0 minute , 3.5 minute and 4.0 minute VO2max intervals. Edit: I’ve also added workouts with longer intervals - 4 x 5, 5.5, and 6 min intervals. Edit: I’ve also created HS-1 versions whe…

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Heart Rate Vs Power for VO2 Max Training

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