[Screenshot 2023-03-05 at 4.08.17 PM] I was talking with a friend of mine today who’s got a personal trainer and we were talking about workouts. I sent him what I thought was a VO2 workout this morning. He said no, this was not a VO2 workout. I had listened to some podcasts and done some readin…

What does he think VO2MAX looks like? That ^^^ sounds like VO2MAX to me :exploding_head:

I’m thoroughly confused on what VO2 is if it’s not this. Basically said the power wasn’t high enough but most of what I’ve read says you can get to VO2 max doing Tempo if you do it long enough, it’s more about HR vs power?

I think you’re more on the right track. 106% is fine AFAIC for longer intervals. For shorter stuff (say 30 30s) the target is generally 120%+ but thatnot what you are doing here and as you say VO2max is about maximal oxygen usage, not exact power.

[image] TreyT: The key is keeping cadence high and HR >=90% of max. @TreyT you are exactly on the right track. Keep up the good work.

What was the workout? (Interval duration, recovery, etc.)

How was your breathing? For me a succesfuk VO2 max workout is not about power or heartrate, but breathing. Basically you want to breath and sound like an asthmatic at the last third to fourth of an interval.

This was todays. Seems like another one where I did what I was supposed to but being told again it’s not vo2??? WTF I can’t really see how I can go much harder and have it still be repeatable intervals. HR by the middle of the session was 95-98% of max on those last five intervals. I achieved grea…

Id ignore your mate. Everyone else on this thread agrees what you are doing is VO2max. Longer intervals gradually take you into the VO2max zone at a lower power; the only way you can reasonably hit higher power is on short sharp intervals (say 30x30 @ 135% which I coincidentally done on Tuesday) w…

[image] HLaB: Id ignore your mate. I’d make him do/show me a harder workout! :smiley:

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MikeMunson March 5, 2023, 11:55pm 6

There’s a couple VO2Ma threads in the recents. This one has some good discussion along the lines of what you are asking. is-it-really-a-vo2max-workout-if-you-dont-get-anywhere-near-hrmax

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