Help, really struggling with VO2max intervals. Age 50+, 3.7 w/kg, nearly finished SSB MV2. I can nail 4x10min near threshold (Darwin at 101%) or 5x15mim sweet spot (Tallac +3 at 101%). They need focus, but I can complete them. With VO2max work I dread them. There is no way I could complete 6x3 min…

Hi I’m in the exact same boat as yourself and we sound like very similar cyclists same W/kg and similar cadence. VO2MAX are my absolute worst I find them extremely difficult to do I also did Dade -1 yesterday I did half at 100% and half at 95% intensity but I think dropping the intensity and finishi…

In the most recent podcast Chad said it’s totally still a great workout if you lower V02 workouts by 2-3% but keep the interval lengths the same (whereas with Sweet Spot intervals, keep the % the same but add backpedals to take a 15-30sec break where needed)

Are you getting FTP from the Ramp Test? My own experience was I struggled with VO2 max based off a 20 minute test, but could manage on ramp test result.

Many VO2 workouts, in the workout text, recommend adjusting intensity as required. You will see this topic covered ALOT throughout the forum so check out some of the other threads

I don’t think this is unusual. 3 minute efforts are super hard for me too and honestly I get nervous going into them. My legs burn out well before my HR raises into vo2. Yet I find sweet spot and threshold workouts to be about right effort wise. I did shortoff+6 yesterday (9x3) and only thing that s…

Good idea thanks. I’ll give that a go!

I have trouble with Vo2 Myself. i have learned just to turn the intensity down to around 111-113% depending on the type of workout and how much fatigue i am carrying. As we age our Vo2 gradually declines. However if we practice doing those types of efforts we can slow the decline.

Thanks. Impressed with your results!! I will keep plugging away, Just concerned that as things stand my FTP is a fairly high percentage of my aerobic capacity, so the key to further FTP increase is to increase the aerobic capacity.

Thanks for sharing. It helps to know I am not alone :slight_smile:

Given that this range of FTP:VO2 is so variable is there a recommended workout which will elicit an estimate of power at VO2 max. I totally appreciate this will be a very rough estimate but without heading to a lab it’s all most of us can work to.

Help with VO2max

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DaveWh February 13, 2020, 6:44pm 26

Yup.

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