- This. Stuff like your example, pausing and such.
- I don’t consider motivation via music or other means a “cheat” like those physical changes mentioned.
- Overly general, but VO2 is meant to be difficult, and often leads to a level of breathlessness that can be scary. At least that is my experience. Some intervals I finish and hit a few moments of panic where I worry if I will ever catch my breath again. So, from my uneducated guess, it sounds like you are hitting those right.
- As to scoring those, I think a 3 Hard or above is very appropriate when VO2 is done right.
- I don’t have inside knowledge for a solid answer. But my personal take away from various discussions is that a 5 All Out rating tells TR that the assigned workout was significantly over your current ability.
- As such, getting a reduction in that PL may be appropriate, as well as potential changes to pending workouts on your calendar in the same PL.
- I think that TR expects that 5 All Out should be rare and is usually a signal of a problem in normal cases. However, if for some reason you have a “Breakthrough” or even “Not Recommended” on the calendar, those MAY be handled differently, since they are well above your PL. Again, guessing on my part and I could be totally wrong.