The Apple Watch Interval Training App Built Around VO2 Max

Runner checking an Apple Watch during an interval workout Run these workouts on your iPhone, or hands-free on Apple Watch. Get PEAKVO2

PEAKVO2 is an interval training app for iPhone and Apple Watch, built around VO2 max protocols, with wrist-based timing, haptic cues, automatic phase changes, and eight ready-to-run workouts. It runs directly on the Apple Watch with no phone needed, showing full-screen color-coded phases so you always know whether you are in warm-up, work, or recovery.

Interval training is the one kind of workout the Apple Watch is genuinely built for: the effort is timed, not distance-based, so the value is in knowing exactly when to go hard and when to ease off, glanceable on your wrist. PEAKVO2 is designed around that.

Why the Apple Watch Suits Interval Training

An interval workout lives and dies by timing. You need to start each hard effort and each recovery at the right second, and checking a phone mid-sprint breaks the session. On the wrist, the cue comes to you: a haptic tap and a full-screen color change tell you to switch without looking. That is why a watch-native interval app beats a phone timer or a paper plan for this specific job.

What PEAKVO2 Does on Apple Watch

Can You Use It Without an Apple Watch?

Yes. PEAKVO2 runs on iPhone alone with the same guided protocols, full-screen phases, and audio and haptic cues. The Apple Watch adds hands-free guidance on your wrist, but it is optional, so you can start on the phone and add the watch later.

Works With Your Apple Watch

PEAKVO2 runs on Apple Watch Ultra and other supported models. The workout is native to the watch, so the display shows your current phase and countdown clearly while you train, and the large Ultra screen makes it easy to read at a glance mid-effort.

Get PEAKVO2 for Apple Watch

Eight guided interval protocols on your wrist, with full-screen phases, haptic cues, and automatic transitions. Built around VO2 max, and it runs with no phone needed. Three workouts free.

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Cristian Serb

I'm the developer of PEAKVO2. I built it because I was doing the Norwegian 4x4 myself and wanted the timing handled on my wrist so I could just train. I took my own VO2 max from about 41 to 51 with it. PEAKVO2 on the App Store.