# Quick VO2 Max Block before SSB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Tags:** choosing-a-plan\ **Created:** [December 10, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/quick-vo2-max-block-before-ssb/25575 "2019-12-10T17:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![bbarrera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/bbarrera/32/14734_2.png) [@bbarrera](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/bbarrera)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/quick-vo2-max-block-before-ssb/25575/2 "2019-12-10T18:20:56Z")
you might want to use the Maintenance plan, its under Specialty \> Road \> Specialty \> Enthusiast [https://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/plans/category/23-enthusiast](https://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/plans/category/23-enthusiast) also an interesting thread here: > [@Short intense period before starting base? Chad's short FTP boost plan](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/short-intense-period-before-starting-base-chads-short-ftp-boost-plan/6875/5): > > There isn’t a plan for this, but it’s a pretty easy thing to slap together if you comb the workout catalog’s VO2max offerings. Personally, I like starting short (30-second repeats) and growing the durations over a block as short as a single week to as long as 3 weeks depending on when my progress and/or motivation starts to stall. It never fails to surprise me how much more manageable 3-minute VO2max repeats are if I start short and work my way up to these longer jobbers, even if I do it over t… --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/quick-vo2-max-block-before-ssb/25575)._