Understanding VO2 Max and Cardiac Output

Dan & Owain are back with a boxing day treat - what does the science say about improving your VO2max?

Firstly, some discussion about what VO2max is, some misconceptions and some scene setting. They then break down 3 key papers about training VO2max, before giving some take-home advice on how to train your VO2max.

Seiler et al. (2011)

Wen et al. (2019)

Ronnestand et al. (2020)

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