Heart Rate Zones
06-14-16, 06:22 PM
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Heart Rate Zones
Between Friel, HRR, Coggans which do you prefer and why?
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Seiler. Your anaerobic threshold/AnT/LTHR and aerobic threshold/AeT are the two most relevant points for training stimulus.
Your aerobic threshold is where lactate/hydrogen ion accumulation starts, the limit where conversation flows, and where your breathing becomes rhythmic. It's about the power you can sustain with an even split between halves on a 5 hour ride. Perhaps not coincidentally, it's close to your heart rate from the Maffetone formula.
Your aerobic threshold is where lactate/hydrogen ion accumulation starts, the limit where conversation flows, and where your breathing becomes rhythmic. It's about the power you can sustain with an even split between halves on a 5 hour ride. Perhaps not coincidentally, it's close to your heart rate from the Maffetone formula.
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If you train with power, the Coggans HR zones make the most sense to me, since they should roughly correlate with the Coggans power zones. And even for a polarized approach (what Drew is talking about), I find the Coggans zones work pretty well since VT1 will be pretty close to the top of Coggans Zone 2, and VT2 should be in Zone 4.
