I have finished Taylor -2 this morning, which consists of 3 sets of 14 30-30s, (30 seconds at 120 % FTP, 30 seconds at 40 % FTP). I really enjoy these kind of workouts, but I found the difficulty level way too easy. My average power per interval increased (I have a dumb wheel-off trainer), and in th…

[image] Brettn13: Have you done other style VO2 max workouts and felt that they were also easy? I’ve found 30 second interval work like Taylor easy, but had a much harder time getting through longer intervals at VO2 like Kaiser or Red Lake. Oh yeah, I should have that: VO2max work has always …

How do 30 s intervals qualify as VO2max work? It seems like your heart rate, breathing, etc., would still be rising at the end of the interval, no?

I read Coogan’s article as ruling out 5 minute power as a good estimate of VO2max?

[image] OreoCookie: Is there a way to test VO2max power so that I can scale VO2max workouts from the rule-of-thumb 120 % to the power level that really corresponds to my VO2max power level? A VO2 Max test in a lab?

Taylor is of a style of workout intended to keep you at high levels of oxygen uptake for periods far longer than you could sustain at a constant workload. Figuring out what power target works for you for a given work:recovery ratio takes some trial and error; I doubt very much it would correlate wi…

[image] Taylor 2 VO2max too easy? Training Hi, I completed Taylor 2 this morning, but unlike running intervals 30/30 where i suffer hard, the target 120% FTP didnt seem too hard for me. Tho, i did my last FTP test last week. Should i increase % during next VO2 max ? Th…

[image] old_but_not_dead_yet: I read Coogan’s article as ruling out 5 minute power as a good estimate of VO2max? I think I understand some of the subtlety when defining VO2max power, and that in principle you’d have to go to a lab. Cogan’s criticism on e. g. the variability on duration is val…

[image] OreoCookie: Is there a way to test VO2max power so that I can scale VO2max workouts from the rule-of-thumb 120 % to the power level that really corresponds to my VO2max power level? And does that percentage shift significantly over time? There is no single “Power at VO2max” however yo…

Did you just start SSB2? The current VO2 progression was put into place last winter because the previous progression had too high a failure rate. If VO2 is a strength for you, then you might try the original progression: Huffaker → Mills → Spencer → Kaiser Spencer and Kaiser look truly awful to me…

This has been discussed before, but Taylor -2 is more of an introduction to vo2 work. This workout might be challenging for some folks who have an underdeveloped vo2, and quite easy for people on the other end of the spectrum. I’d consider myself fairly balanced and not particularly strong in the vo…

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