[carlosdvg]

carlosdvg on August 31, 2018 at 10:54 am · in reply to: Struggling with keeping up with plans. #13214

Thanks Scott, you got the question perfectly I think (sorry for the bad english…)

Can I take overreaching as doing two sessions un a day when I feel Up to It or It Will be worse?

Thanks,

[carlosdvg]

carlosdvg on November 29, 2017 at 5:03 pm · in reply to: Help understanding zones… #6923

Hi Chris

Wouldn’t your AeT be top of Z2? Then low/mid Z1 would be very low and VERY easy, as it happens to me and it kind of confuses me…

And regarding the Fenix, I just got one and I’ve set up the custom zones as in TFNA, and I’ve been wondering this first week using it if the info it gives back with that zones is correct, say if I make a long Z1 (1 1/2h) hike it records the whole time in “warm up” mode, and I don’t know if it counts it as “real” training as it says after the workouts in the training stats “your aerobic capacity is maintained but not improved” and it gives a score of about 2.4 over 5… That’s whats confusing me and I don’t know if I’m setting the tools correctly to have a valid recording of the workouts…

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carlosdvg on November 28, 2017 at 9:31 am · in reply to: Help understanding zones… #6890

To try to clarify a little more my concerns. I live in a hilly place with mountains all around, not really flat courses nearby. I stablished my zones as:

Z1: 101-138
Z2: 138-142 (usig MAF AeT method, my top Z2 would be this)
Z3: 142-166
Z4: 166-175
Z5: 175-184

So my running always gets me on top Z1/Z2 very easily. To maintain a Z1 workout for say, 45m I would only have to walk uphill not so fast, and if want to hit the whole Z1 I definetely cannot run at all. I know from the book that Z1 workouts should feel easy and be done at conversational pace, but I find that Z1 exclusively its maybe too easy…

So again, maybe I got the zones wrong? And now that I’m in Base period and I’m having long Z1/2 runs, if I got this wrong from the transition should I get back to the beginning? I’m cheating a little bit in my long Z1 workouts and hitting maybe 5/10 minutes of Z2 for a 1 1/2 workout because it’s hard to maintain a slow pace… this “long” workouts leave a bit tired, but I can go the next day as new.

What I’m confused about is that maybe I’m overtraining with the numbers, but I certainly don’t feel that way…

Thanks again.

[carlosdvg]

carlosdvg on November 27, 2017 at 6:42 pm · in reply to: Help understanding zones… #6879

Wow, that was a lot of info, and eye opening. Thanks a lot

This is being a bit overwhelming for me as a total beginner to structured training, so having these kind of explanations is a big help, but it raises more questions… 🙂

When I was starting my transition period right after reading the book I did a max HR test as described in the book and it gave a max HR of 182bpm. This made Z1 feel very easy in most situations (except maybe hiking fast uphill). I know it says so in the book, but I find difficult going below top Z1 or Z2 if running slowly uphill or fast in straight terrain. In other words, will a point come when the top of Z1 will rise and start feeling more like “recovery”? Maybe I got my zones wrong and I’m doing work in Z2 and that’s why i feel it somewhat hard?

Man, this organized training is hard. Maybe I do need a coach!

[carlosdvg]

carlosdvg on November 22, 2017 at 9:29 am · in reply to: GPS Watches #6786

DC Rainmaker is a great discovery, very helpful. I was looking something more like the Fenix 5 or the Ambit Peak, with more tracking options…

What about reliability issues with the Garmin? I’ve read that they are not as accurate and reliable as suunto watches… But I guess it depends on the user… I’m sure both work great, wich doesn’t help me get decided…

Thanks!

[carlosdvg]

carlosdvg on November 13, 2017 at 2:28 pm · in reply to: Using training plans as part of the TFTNA Base period #6667

Hello Scott, thanks for the awnser.

I meant struggling in the sense that I don’t really know how to choose exercises for the next step to be effective. I’ve finished my transition period with a training load that feels reasonable, I can do the workouts and I’m not completely worked, so I feel ready to progress. But, from now on the training log asks more of me in the sense of planning and structuring my workouts and I don’t know if I have the knowledge to do so properly… For example, I’ve chosen as my Max Strength first week exercises box step ups + push ups with dumbells rows + overhead squat + pull ups, wich I think adresses most of my weaknesses, but I don’t know if I have to switch to other exercises in the next weeks, or if I have to increase the load of them by the percentages that the guidelines say or this is only for aerobic base…

That’s where I think a fully structured planning like “you have to do this and that for this week” would be helpful for me… the transition period and the regular training have felt so good that I don’t want to ruin it!