Originally Posted by
MetalPedaler
I'm not a fitness guru, so I could be wrong, but the way I understand it, in layman's terms: You achieve 100% VO2 when you become breathless. Increase your output from there, and you get it up over 100%. At least that's the way I think of it.
I know I am not achieving 170%. I'm probably getting a little up over 100%. Funny thing is, since i started doing the Tabata, my VO2 capacity has increased so dramatically, that it out-paces my muscles- in other words, I now max-out my muscular strength long before I max-out my VO2....so I can not go hard enough now, to elevate my VO2 any more. (In the original Tabata study from 1996, they did not have this issue, as they used trained athletes....).
It might work for you it is just that the medical sites tell us is you can increase your oxygen uptake to level that becomes your new vo2 max. the power produced beyond that is a different measurement. " V02 max should not be confused with the lactate threshold (LT) or anaerobic threshold (AT)"
But at least I now know what you were talking about. It was like when I told my doctor that on a sprint I can exceed my max heart rate by 10 to 15 percent. All the formulas said my max HR is 163 and after the last fie years riding I can hit 183 flat out on a sprint. She smiled and said, maximum heart rate is not something a formula and tell. It takes testing equipment.
Looks like there are a lot of things that are as misunderstood as calorie burn.
