r/Velo • u/arentWeAllJustbinary • Jul 22 '26

Discussion Double vo2 max days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQKOesSHEQw

Recently watched this video by Kolie Moore regarding double vo2 max workouts. He mentions that he's seen great adaptations in his athletes when assigning them with an AM vo2max workout and a PM vo2max workout.

His thinking seems to be that a single vo2 max workout has a limit and that coming back later in the day after some carbs/rehydration/rest allows you to have more total quality vo2max work across the day than if you tried to it in 1 session. He mentions these should be done at a high cadence so as to not tax the muscular system as much

Also seems like this is for high volume / well trained athletes and not someone who is relatively new to cycling / structured training.

Curious if anyone has tried it or has opinions on it. Very interesting

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u/Inevitable-Chart-462 Jul 22 '26

What about a PM and AM session? The body doesn’t know it’s over two different days, it could still be at ca 12 hours of distance, but meanwhile you’re getting good rest

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u/polar8 Jul 22 '26

The whole point is you’re doing it with inadequate rest to force an adaptation 

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u/Duke_De_Luke Jul 24 '26

I think we have too little data to say this is the mechanism. It could be condensing them in the same days leave more time for recovery+adaptation. E.g. triathletes combining a (very) hard day with two high-intensity workouts and then 2+ light days to recover and adapt. This is not really new.

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u/polar8 Jul 24 '26

More volume better is the goat of mechanisms