Testing AeT using Heart Rate Drift test | Uphill Athlete

GIVE THE GIFT OF TRAINING

Gift cards now available in shop

GIVE THE GIFT OF TRAINING

Gift cards now available in shop

Testing AeT using Heart Rate Drift test

  • Creator
    Topic
  • #40901
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Hello!

    I read “The Uphill Athlete” twice, and practice since januarry the training method described there. I’ve been using MAF methode to calculate my AeT,and I notice improvements..a lot! But beeing stuck with the age algoritm, now I don’t know if my Aet remains the same.
    So, I have 2 questions related to Heart Rate Drift test, using a treadmill:
    1. In the description of the test it says:? If you have a good idea of what your AeT is, then target that heart rate for the beginning of the test. ? This means that I should target 141-143 bpm wich is my upper Z2 limit (extract from MAF formula) and only when I rich this value I should start the test? Or I should start when the hr is in the 137-140 limit?
    2.?Note the average heart rate for each half. Compare them to see if your average heart rate rose more than 5 percent.? This means that my AeT is the average hr of the both halfs of the test?…or?

Posted In: Mountain Running

  • Participant
    Shashi on #40910

    Hello,

    Have you read this article?

    Heart Rate Drift: A Functional Measure of Aerobic Fitness

    I would just target 140 HR at the beginning of the test.

    After 10-15 minutes of warm-up, if your HR is 140, you can start the test. If in the next one hour your heart rate drift is less than 5%, then your AeT is 140.

    If the heart rate drift is more than 5%, then redo the test with a lower target HR of say 130.
    After a couple of tests, you should have an estimate of your AeT.

    I am assuming you are using a chest strap to track HR.

    I hope this is helpful.

    Inactive
    Anonymous on #40950

    Thanks, Shashi!

    Inactive
    Anonymous on #40966

    Thank you very much!

    Yes, I use a chest strap 🙂

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • The forum ‘Mountain Running’ is closed to new topics and replies.