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If it's a Bruce protocol on a lab treadmill, I'd buy it.
This does not improve your true VO2max. This just improves your speed and fitness. It allows you to achieve closer to your true VO2max. But, for the most part, you VO2max is fixed for life.
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Actual question from someone who doesn't feel like searching on a saturday: What's a Bruce protocol?
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Is that two mile race up a mountain or something? I'm still confused, because I saw you post recently that you ran a mile under 4:40, and a 10k treadmill run in like 35 minutes or something. Throw those in with a 79.8 VO2max and an 11-minute 2-mile should be a bad split in a 5k. Speaking of which, a few 5ks would be great tuneups for an October race.
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Right on Hereford...
This does not improve your true VO2max. This just improves your speed and fitness. It allows you to achieve closer to your true VO2max. But, for the most part, your VO2max is fixed for life.
Trent, I'm not sure where you got the idea that VO2max is "fixed for life." This is clearly not true!
Trent, I'm not sure where you got the idea that VO2max is "fixed for life." This is clearly not true! And anyway, it doesn't matter. VO2max varies greatly among elite athletes.
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