Hi, Hope you can help. I am a bit confused, regarding the difference between vo2max and anaerobic zone. Say I am supposed to do a 6x2 min intervals at vo2max ( 342 w ). When I do the ride outside, ,its difficult for me to keep at/under 342, and on avr. i am riding about 370w, which then turns my…

[image] When VO2max turns Anaerobic boom Training Just got done with a VO2 session. It was hard. Looked at my power and heart rate ex post facto and noticed something. A lot of time spent both in “anaerobic” power and heart rate values. Is this a bad thing if the goal of …

go as hard as you can for 2 minutes. Don’t worry about zones.

How did i not find that threat. Thank you :slight_smile:

I appreciate the pointer to the related thread. I am closing this one to keep discussion centered in the existing topic. :smiley:

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