What's a typical range for weekly/monthly increases in VO2max with regular training? Either in ml/kg*min or as a percentage of last month's VO2Max. I'm aware there's a huge myriad of factors that go into this. Can one use stagnation in estimated VO2max to gauge when to get out a marathon base building phase like Lydiards? Any literature would be super appreciated.
maxingoutmyv02max wrote:
What's a typical range for weekly/monthly increases in VO2max with regular training? Either in ml/kg*min or as a percentage of last month's VO2Max. I'm aware there's a huge myriad of factors that go into this. Can one use stagnation in estimated VO2max to gauge when to get out a marathon base building phase like Lydiards? Any literature would be super appreciated.
No. The entire VO2 training model is wrong and outdated. And no you cannot use "estimated VO2max" to "gauge when to get out a marathon base building." That's one of the most backwards and nonsensical things I have read in 10 plus years on this website.
yeah that sounds about right. Don't mind the other guy who gets off on making everybody believe he's an expert and an absolute authority because he himself invented running and therefore knows everything about it, and that anybody who would even entertain the notion that base mileage gives diminishing returns in regard to VO2 max development is absolute idiot.
VO2Max increase in highly trained athlete is typically zero.
"VO2Max" workouts however, are very useful and give a very noticeable boost to your race results in a short term, improving your efficiency over all paces.
One approach is to do them at the beginning of the training block, so that the entire block is affected by this boost, as long as you maintain them.
Another approach is to do it right before your goal race, for 3-4 weeks to sharpen and peak.
Both have merit, IMHO. The tricky thing is not to overdo it, as it will shift you too much into anaerobic side of things, hurting your aerobic capacity.
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