How to IMPROVE Your VO2 Max AT HOME | 4 Key Workouts To Increase Cardiovascular Fitness

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Have you tried any of these methods to improve your VO2 Max? Which do you find most effective? Share your experience and progress in the comments below, we’d love to hear from you!

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Workouts
1) 5:42
2) 6:05
3) 6:43
4) 7:20

Extra:
- 9:00 Add 5 minutes rope jumping to your running exercise
- for motivation: mix up the exercises

[Tom]

Genuinely well-researched, science-based, intelligent advice - a refreshing credit to Youtube!

[michaelhardie]

My VO2 Max is extremely low (35) and I am running 40km a week. I will look to incorporate these workouts. Thanks so much

[Mookiethedog]

Back in my triathlon days I had my VO2 tested twice a year. You’re so right genetics play a huge part but you also have to do the “-work”. The world is full of people with great genetics but terrible training habits, work ethic etc. I love these type of videos. Thanks you!

[Murderbot]

I’m a cyclist. I think this will still aid my training. I’m totally bookmarking this this video. Thank you.

[Bastos]

This is GOLD. Workout Anytime anywhere. No excuses now.

[ryanlewiz]

This is a very accessible and well organized presentation of data. The introduction, citation of data, concise explanation of complex points, disclaimers delivered as thoughtful advice (as opposed to a legal mandate), how it relates to performance, why people without specific goals still benefits, summary etc. You also include general tips for success without sounding redundant or general (avoid falling into repetitive training methods for example). This is the first of your videos the YouTube algorithms decided to feed me. I just wanted to take moment to express that the quality of your info, editing, production etc is some of the best I’ve seen in 20+ years of YouTube.

[LY]

My VO2 max dropped from 47 to 16 during my bout with Covid and I haven’t been able to improve despite building up my cardio sessions, so, I’m hoping this will help. Thanks for posting this!

[MC-ipgb]

Vo2 of 51 at 52 years of age. I have the Garmin Fenix 5 and it correlates with my 12 minute Cooper Test results and 1.5 mile run. Nice simple circuits to keep ticking over in limited space.👍

[yoursofunnyman]

Thank you for your extremely helpful video! I’m training for a boxing event in 6 weeks so something to do at home like these workouts is a lifesaver for me 😊

[contactsaavy]

Always love your videos Anna. Their are a lot of us runners that are starting in our 50s now the kids are gone and need to get fit again. Like many of your videos I started with the Park Run which has many runners 50 and up. Have you thought about doing videos for the running and recovery from the perspective of a more senior person? Keep them videos coming.

[Lehmann]

I workout the old school way. I sprint until I puke. Rest one minute; sprint to puke again. Repeat until you pass out. :-)

[Boffenmeister]

Havent done your exact workour routine but i have been doing simular full bldy workouts and it has done wonders, gotten my vo2 max from 41 to 50 in just 3 weeks

[anveshkodumuri]

I do like this channel. Thanks for providing all the workouts. It would be great if this would be like a one on one session, with you guys performing the workouts and we can follow through. That way we also know if we are doing it right.

[ImpalerVlad]

For the past 2 months I’ve been doing circuit training out on my balcony with 2 45lb kettlebells and body weight. My VO2 max still hovers at around 60-63. Haven’t been running in about 6 months though. As long as you get your heart rate up high the VO2 Max will increase. Also I found that doing a full body cardio is more beneficial to VO2 Max than just running alone.

[christianfarnes]

I do CrossFit since many years ago and most of us “don’t like” running. I rediscovered running in that “quarantine” and I found (few days ago) your channel very useful. Short, clear and easy-to-follow videos. Keep working! 🏋️‍♀️

[David-ejps]

My skipping rope come in today💪🏾... And I have been doing breathing exercises to improve my breathing (diaphragm strength) by holding my breath for 30sec-1min.. and no lie it has made it easier for my lungs to keep up when running despite high BPM

[ricks.]

I'm no expert but here is a thought - A lot of workouts geared toward improving V02 Max put you at risk for injury. Setbacks from training injuries will result in lost training time and a lot of despair. When I was running competitively, years ago, I used intervals in the pool to improve my V02 max. I would highly recommend this if you have access to a pool. Your chances of injury are pretty small, just make sure you have an observer because if you're doing intervals to the point of near black-out...well, you might just black out (not good).

[luiscosta]

I've been doing most of those exercises one at a time... now I'll try to do them in a circuit .