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Old 07-21-20, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Outdoors, likely. The trainer sucks.

Pretty much all of my miles are junk miles, but I'm really looking to make some lifestyle changes and drop a decent amount of weight so even "a training plan" that's not exactly spot on is probably better than what I do now. Which is really JRA for various lengths of time.



Ah. Comes back to the "what do I know".

I was confusing max with threshold. Using the various online calculators I'm getting a Z2 topping out at around 150 if I put in a threshold heart rate of 165.

I could probably see that, but I guess I need to do another test, eh?
I forget how it works, but my LT HR is 159 and here are my zones:



Here's a reference to the source, Joe Friel: Joe Friel's Blog: A Quick Guide to Setting Zones
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