Does Tinman prescribe a VO2Max phase? Or do the slower CV intervals take this over?

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His claims are that CV still improves V02 max because it is working at the lowest percentage to still be relatively optimal. Very little programs actually do 100% V02 max work. Daniels doesn’t even recommend it much as it is really stressful. 5k pace is often used instead and that is like 97% or something. CV apparently also pushes your threshold down because he claims that it is the fastest end of that spectrum to still be effective. To him, it is the best of both worlds.

He still does traditional threshold work a lot though. His Tinman Elite team don’t do as many “Tempos” as he seems to reccomend others do. They do a lot of threshold intervals and CV work instead.

Despite his training being very same-y throughout the year, he still does incorporate what is known as traditional V02 max work as a 5k race approaches. He rarely has full sessions dedicated to it though. Usually it is incorporated with CV, threshold, or something faster. This kind of stuff occurs about a month or so out from your goal race.

Don’t know if I agree with a lot of it, but that is just how he approaches things from what I have gathered.

Thanks Former Sub 14:00. I was offline for some days.

Appreciate the response. Just curious on what you would do? Sounds like you might not agree with the CV concept. If not, let's say for a 5K guy...would your training program include a phase dedicated at 95% to 97% VO2 work? Where and when would you implement it?