# Scaling up interval time for vo2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Created:** [August 13, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/scaling-up-interval-time-for-vo2/19586 "2019-08-13T19:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![brenph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/brenph/32/15649_2.png) [@brenph](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/brenph)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/scaling-up-interval-time-for-vo2/19586/9 "2019-08-13T20:51:33Z")
Have a look at this: > [@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/scaling-up-interval-time-for-vo2/19586)._