Best exercises to improve VO2Max quickly?

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f5combo

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Best exercises to improve VO2Max quickly?

What are the best exercises methods to improve your V02 Max quickly by a large percentage over a couple of months? Btw, the sports i'm interested in is Soccer.

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tony mess

what do u do ? Check pp report on fitness for football ENDURANCE TRAINING it tells u of a study with 2 Norwegian teams, after 8 wks of twice weekly interval training vo2 max went up by 11 % . Its a great read , check it out. The answer to your question therefore is INTERVAL TRAINING

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Alex S

What sport are you competing f5combo?

If its simply a generic question then the point needs to be made that VO2max does not always related to performance in aerobic events. E.g. in the Triathlon velocity at Lactate Threshold is a more accurate performance indicator than VO2max or vVO2max.

So before trying to increase VO2max (which would involve long and hard aerobic exercise) ask yourself if you really need to.

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toughern

Hello I agree that interval training is the answer and is usefull for all sports. But for playing football it's a must.

regards toughern

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trappo

Interval training and swimming

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shindog

The best by a million miles is Altitude training but that probably isn't an option so same as above really lots of aerobic interval training

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T_Larsen

Interval training. 3 v 3 or 4 v 4 with 2 keepers. 3 minutes of playing and 3 minutes of rest. Do this at least 5 times - depending on the players condition.

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stamina82

a)30-40min steady pace 65-75% tension,b)Interval,c)15-20min steady pace running at 85% tension,d)3 x 800 or 3 x 1000m at 95-100% tension with 6-10min rest per effort,e) 1)4 sets of 4 x 400m at 80-85% tension 1-1.5min rest per effort and 3min rest per set 2) 8 x 300m 1.5min rest per effort at 85% tension 3) 10-15 x 200m at 85-90% tension 1-1.5min rest per effort.

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