Vo2max sessions - come join us, here's why

[Marjaana]

Hey all,

we have many new athletes, and I’ve noted many questions about power profiles and tests. Let me invite you all to join our weekly Coaches indoor cycling sessions on Velocity platform. You have a free trial for Velocity with Athletica. There are three types of workouts you can do: 1. LIVE Coached sessions 2. Replay of any recorded live session 3. OnDemand sessions from your Athletica training calendar. check “this week on Athletica”

Benefits of LIVE sessions are: social, being coached how to do Athletica workouts as intended, get live coaching from @Prof and myself, suffer through a hard workout together. A lot of banter and get to know other Athletica athletes around the world. you get direct access to ask training questions, and we always share some Golden nuggets with Prof. Friendly competition with @cmaloney this morning pushed me further than I thought was possible today. These sessions are the highlight of my training week, sharing pain faces with the team is what keeps me showing up every week. We can cater to all fitness levels, and encourage everyone to gauge when is a good time to call it a day, or keep going. Did I mention we are a bunch of super friendly and supportive folks who want to see you succeed

And last, but certainly not least, Workout Reserve is LIVE and visible for you every second, telling you how hard you’re pushing it relative to your 6-week history. It’s truly a game changer, allowing for efficient workouts.

Also, you can use these sessions to “keep your power profile” updated but cranking out some max efforts The cool thing about Velocity is also that as a coach, I see when you have reached a new PR and can give you shoutouts in real time. Who doesn’t like a pat on the back ?!

Here’s photo dump on how it looks like inside Velocity, and results screen post-workout.

PS. having done these sessions religiously weekly for over a year, has helped me so many ways from downhill skiing double black diamonds with Prof (I live in Texas so not much skiing for me), knock down American Birkiebeiner, 54K Classic ski race with 1300m elevation (again, no hilly ski practice for me in Texas), in addition to my “normal” tri training.

MJ

[kimberg]

Totally agree - it’s MUCH more effective than trying to do the workout guided only by my watch or on Zwift and is one of my training highlights each week. The dials showing compliance, the addition of workout reserve, the motivation of points for holding the prescribed power, and everyone’s pain faces and encouragement make it awesome.

(FYI: there’s a trial period and then it’s a very low cost to add to your Athletica membership through a solid integration and partnership. I’m keeping zwift for other reasons now, but it was a no-brainer for me to add Velocity.)

[halvor]

And how do these workouts fit in with the training plan that my “Coach” has set up for me?

I took my bike off the trainer, wheel back on, and started riding outside exactly two weeks ago. It’s been fantastic. But workouts are admittedly not as easy to do. Perhaps I should put the old CX bike on the trainer and join you on Velocity for some proper sweat seshns!?

[Prof]

Honestly these are pretty darn fun. I’m fully a predominantly outdoor guy and still will do the majority of my riding outdoors whenever possible, however I can’t deny the benefit of these sessions that @Marjaana is running. Social element, gamification, quality. Short and sweet. Huge bang for buck IMO.

[cmaloney]

Agreed - it’s a highlight of the week. Love the social aspect and friendly competition. Keeps me accountable!

[Marjaana]

Halvor it would be great to see you on velocity! We do Vo2max short intervals on Thursdays 8:30am CT - 15:30 Oslo time. I will help you individualize as per your AI coach asks and based on your feel. Some do their own set, some do a little more and some do as they feel on the day. A little competition often pushes you to go for the win… however we always talk about how the next session is the most important session - so far no one has come to me complaining that I destroyed their week
Tuesdays are for strength endurance and race pace efforts.
I do occasional Saturday sessions as well (mostly race pace or over - unders) if my baseball mom duties allow. The schedule is on velocity.

Let me know if you need help setting up.

MJ

[Marjaana]

This one says it all .. when the Queen of consistency says “it keeps me accountable “