VO2 max training
High-intensity interval workouts designed to increase maximum oxygen uptake capacity. Every Running Weekly story on VO2 max training, newest first. 4 stories since October 2026.
- Fitzgerald says VO2 max workouts only raise it short term
The coach behind @jasonfitz1 argues the long-term build comes from years of easy and steady running, not interval sessions.
- Magness says amateurs should swap 4x3min for 8x30sec
The coach says long reps are the easiest workout for a non-elite runner to ruin.
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- Holmer flags study putting physical peak near age 36
Losses run roughly 1% a year after the peak and more than 2% a year by 63, but activity changed the slope, not the timing.
- Holmer says 2 minute intervals beat 30 second sprints
The physiology writer says time spent near your ceiling is what drives the adaptation, and short sprints never get there.
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