I was watching the VO2 max test that Robert Chapman did on Flotrack with Brian Olinger and Ryan(from Flotrack). Chapman did the test at a constant pace and raise the incline every 2min with the test ending at 10% incline(went 0,4,6,8,10). The test was 10min in duration. Olinger was running 6min/mile pace and Ryan was running 6:10 pace.
My question is how does one know what pace to run while doing the VO2 max test?
experience and a lot of trial and error.
I've had some VO2max tests go >25 minutes based on a few different protocols because subjects were a lot fitter than they initially let on (I had never tested these guys before, so had no idea how fit they actually were to begin with). But, doing the test again with them, we modified the starting speed so we got a VO2max in 10-12 minutes.
Within reason, it does not matter. 6 min pace for those guys should be pretty comfortable.
I am not a fan of that protocol (the grade increasing).
The better question is "why bother"?
luv2run wrote:
Within reason, it does not matter. 6 min pace for those guys should be pretty comfortable.
I am not a fan of that protocol (the grade increasing).
The better question is "why bother"?
what protocol do you prefer?
why bother, why not.
I've done two VO2 max tests at the same facility, with the same people. Both times we did a typical 10-12 min warm up at an easy 7:30ish pace. Once we started the test we increased the speed every minute. Starting pace was 6:30, then a drop of 10 seconds per mile every minute. Once the treadmill reached it peak speed at 5min/mile, we changed the incline, 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.
yes, rather pointless.