[Greg]

I did the aerobic threshold test this morning. Unfortunately, nature called rather aggressively, and I had to stop after 47 minutes. (I also completed 15 minutes of warm up prior to this.) I still analyzed my data on Training Peaks using the described method. If I break my training into two halves (each ~23 minutes), my average rate between those two sections only differs by 2 BPM. Is this result fine given how stable the heart rate has been or should I re-take the test?

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[lapotka]

lapotka on January 17, 2023 at 7:05 pm #74751

my guess is with only a HR drift of 1-2 percent, I think it’s likely your AET is higher than the HR you targeted for this test and you should try again when rested and increase your target HR by like 3-5 bpm and see what the drift looks like.

[Greg]

Greg on January 17, 2023 at 9:16 pm #74753

That makes sense given my heart rate was ~125 BPM. I’ll try to get it closer to 130-140 BPM during warm-up and see if I can maintain that without 5% drift. Thanks.