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I would question why, having done no Vo2 stuff, you went straight for 5x5?
The fact you actually got through them means you're either fitter/more modest than you claim or they were too easy. Only you can answer that.
If I went straight into 5x5 "proper" VO2s after doing my usual ultra stuff I'd probably fail them. Your Zwift racing might have made the difference - I presume that's not all steady state.
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I'm not trying to humble brag or look at me.
I picked the 5x5 because I wanted to test myself.I think it might be a bit of fitter and a bit of too easy (but not really really easy, they were a bit of mental testing).
I've got a sweet spot thing to do today (as I'm trying to get better for BOTB in March), should I make that an FTP test or will Zwift calculate it from this workout?
Chalfie
It's been a long (and I mean long) time since I've done a VO2 max session.
Yesterday I did "THE GORBY" and it's supposed to be "The Quitter". (it's 5 x 5 minutes of vo2)
I struggled on the first interval with a near doom spiral of slow cadence but managed to get through. I then managed each of the next 4 intervals by "hey it's 300 seconds, oh look it's 200" and so on. Cadence was around 80-90 (I think). Anyway, I ground through them all and at the end was pleased they were over.
Should they have been harder?
I've only been "doing weights" (at least a year) and "zwift racing" (since december/jan).
Do I need to retest? Which is appropriate as today I should be doing 2 x 20/ sweet spot.
tl;dr I don't know what the fuck i'm doing anymore.