I’m doing the low volume polarized plan at the moment and wondered if anyone knew why all the VO2max workouts are of the On Off variety. Compared to the traditional type 2/3/4+ minutes I seem to find them a lot easier and by sticking to the prescribed wattages it takes ages to get to the fish out of water breathing. As I find the longer ones more challenging I’m swapping out the On Off ones for equivalent longer ones. Or should I just do the On Off ones in Resitance mode and just go as hard as I can whilst still completing the sets?
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I comment on this often, but I think it’s really confusing that there is a power zone with the same name as a widely known type of workout.
I don’t think a true VO2 workout should be done on Erg or have o/u’s. You should be going all out at the max power you can hold for the entire interval, breathing like that fish, and erg isn’t going to get you there.
Having said that, the question is whether a TR workout called “VO2 (meaning the power zone) is meant to be as above, or just a workout with some intensity above Threshold. If the latter, then the question is if you personally want to do the first type or follow the TR plan.
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