Effect of Fartlek Training to the Improvement of VO2Max on runner atheletes of 800-meters

The research has aimed the improvement of vo2max on 800-meters runner of Banjarmasin Athletic with fartlek training. The problem in this study, the athletes did not experience a significant increase especially in endurance during exercise, reality on the field, during training many experience exhaustion is too fast when running the program provided by the coach, and I also hope that I examine the Vo2Max athlete in order to have the initiative of trainers to check the endurance or Vo2Max athletes trained to get the most out of practice and compete later. The research method used is the pre-experiment method. The population in this research was all of Banjarmasin Athletic numbered seven people by using Purposive sampling technique. From the researchers' analysis of this study that there is a need for variations of exercise appropriate to the athlete's characteristics in Banjarmasin, by providing fartlek training for increasing vo2max based on some of the results of the journal as the primary basis in conducting this research. The conclusion of the research is that by giving fartlek exercise with eight weeks can increase vo2max athletes significantly at athletes runners of 800 meters in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.

This study investigates the effect of fartlek training on VO2Max improvement in 800-meter runners.