Hello!
Yes, you can estimate and say your AeT is 140 and re-test it at that in the future. Something to look out for, though, while you train: If 140 or below feels sustainable day after day and you aren’t getting incredibly fatigued, then you are training in the correct zone. If 140 starts feeling exhausting, back down to 135.
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Maya
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Hello Michlelle,
Thanks for notifying me about your Premium trial. You must have somehow got skipped when I went through and did my upgrades. You are all set now!
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MayaKeymasterHello Stephanie,
The run/walk progression is as stated for beginners who haven’t run. BUT on those same days, you see that you can choose to either do that or a general aerobic workout. That workout can be running, hiking, and skiing under your aerobic threshold. So, if you feel like the Base plan is right for you in general with training volume and what you need, I would stick to it and just run those aerobic days and not use the run/walk progression. If you feel like you can handle more training, I am happy to switch you to the next plan up.
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MayaKeymasterThe google drive folder is in the forum post labeled “Zoom Meetings”!
KeymasterHello,
Great question, we actually didn’t go over it. RPE means Rate of Perceived Excursion/Effort. Don’t stress about the RPE too much, Training Peaks likes to throw that in. The biggest thing to focus on in all of this training is keeping your HR below your Aerobic Threshold for all of the aerobic workouts.
I hope that helps!
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Not a problem, it should be switched now!
MayaKeymasterHello Kathy! Great questions I am going to answer below in the same order.
1.) You don’t need to do an AnT Test (Anaerobic Threshold Test). In the Intermediate and advanced plan there is a test scheduled for Week 9 I believe. The reason we don’t put this in for a few weeks as it is a really hard workout. We want to make sure everyone is strong enough before we do the test to avoid injury. So don’t sweat it for now, you can always estimate 10% more than Zone 2 (we will go over this on Tuesday).
2.) We almost always use 4 zones. I will go over how we do this on Tuesday’s Zoom.
3.) There is a great thread on the forum from yesterday I believe talking about how to shift in Training Peaks. In short there is a little menu bar to the right of the plan if you click on that there is an option called “shift” that you can click on and make changes. IF you can’t figure that out we can go over it on zoom. You can also manually move all your workout around too!
4.) Probably you will have to just go with whatever HR you need to be at to keep up. If you get to set pace and keep it aerobic that is always the best, but we also know sometimes you just gotta go with the group pace to stay safe. I would track the workouts as you see fit. One whole day can be interesting just to measure how much you are moving ect…If your watch dies and needs charging I would record each workout.
I hope that helps!!
MayaKeymasterI love reading all these intros! It is so fun to hear where everyone is from and what your goals are 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!!
KeymasterThanks for answering Michelle, I am glad you two figured it out. You can shift the whole plan too by 12 weeks. I do it a lot, Training Peaks can be really slow not sure why. Sometimes I move things and panic that everything has been erased!
KeymasterThanks, Michelle! Yes, Dunbar is should be on this forum. If you still can’t find it, please let me know!
Anne, I am seeing your Training Plan on my end. It starts on the 10th so make sure you are scrolling down and on the Calander tab. I am updating everyone to Premium today; I was waiting for the last of the sign-ups!
MayaKeymasterHello Michelle,
We can talk about this more later! BUT if your AeT is around 150bpm, that is totally awesome! HR is very, very individualized; you might just have a genetically higher HR than the people in your running group. If you can run at a fast pace as 150bpm and feel conversation and sustainable, you are doing the right thing. Of course, we want to be more efficient and use less effort to run fast, but comparing HR won’t get you there. What you will see with your aerobic base increasing is you should be able to do the same runs at the same HR but faster. SO in a way, I see why you are jealous of someone with a lower HR running the same speed. BUT their HR might just be different than yours. We can talk about this more on Zoom, great things to bring up 🙂 We can follow up.
If you did the test and got around 5% drift at 150bpm do your training at or below that HR for all aerobic workouts. That is the important part.
I hope that somewhat answers your question!
MayaKeymasterHello Joanne,
The password is: strength for all the Cham fit videos. If you scroll down to the box that says “Pre-Activity Comments” you should see all the links and the password.
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Maya