Thread: Heart-lung endurance

Although its not really for this forum, yet I couldn't find another place, and
IronMagazineForums is my favorite site.

I like going to trips, but sometimes its a problem, especially when I have to climb for long periods of time, and that usually results in going out of air very early.

In any case I want to develop a better heart-lung endurance.
All I need is a program that will help me to do so.
For now I am running twice a week for 2kms(1.2 mile). Everytime it takes me about 9 minutes.
Yet I'm not sure wether such program is effective. Maybe long distance runs are better?
Please help me to decide what should I do, and maybe refer me to other sites that specialize in these kind of questions.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by Eugene

Although its not really for this forum, yet I couldn't find another place, and
IronMagazineForums is my favorite site.

I like going to trips, but sometimes its a problem, especially when I have to climb for long periods of time, and that usually results in going out of air very early.

In any case I want to develop a better heart-lung endurance.
All I need is a program that will help me to do so.
For now I am running twice a week for 2kms(1.2 mile). Everytime it takes me about 9 minutes.
Yet I'm not sure wether such program is effective. Maybe long distance runs are better?
Please help me to decide what should I do, and maybe refer me to other sites that specialize in these kind of questions.
Thanks.

Increasing the distance or decreasing the time it takes to run that mile (time yourself and try to beat it each time) will help you improve your endurance to a a degree.

However, VO2max is going to be specific to the cardiovascular exercise your are performing. IE, you can take a swimmer with a great VO2max in the water and put them on a bike a get a much differnet VO2max. So, you may need to get more experience climbing AS WELL AS increasing your cardiovascular workouts when you aren't on those trips. Also, mixing it up between cardio workouts would be good because your endurance will be specific to what you are doing. So for a few weeks run, then maybe bike, row, eliptical, versa climber, etc....anything you can do to try and increase you aerobic capacity will help.

Also, climbing up to higher altitudes will have an effect on your aerobic functioning as the air is thinner up there.