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jasdeep.bal on July 2, 2021 at 10:03 am · in reply to: How short of an AeT workout is too short??? #55375

Thanks for your kind response, Scott and everyone. I reached out to Seiler who also recommended 1/3 of weekly total volume as a long EXTEND ride. So I am now riding 1.5 hours 4 days a week and one 3 hour ride for a total weekly volume of 9 hours (upped from the 8 hr/wk: 4-1hr-rides + the 4hr-long ride).

I was trying to scheme a way to increase to a weekly volume of twelve hours, and thats why I began contemplating two-in-a-day workouts and throwing in some short AeT workouts to extend my weekly volume.

But I’ve come to the conclusion that I am happy at 9 hours for now. So gone for now is my 4 hour AeT ride.

Btw, on another note, thanks for your articles that inspired me to purchase the Lactate Plus. I had successful first run.

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jasdeep.bal on June 14, 2021 at 12:17 pm · in reply to: How short of an AeT workout is too short??? #54854

” http://www.scienceofultra.com/blog//the-long-run&#8221 ”

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jasdeep.bal on June 14, 2021 at 12:13 pm · in reply to: How short of an AeT workout is too short??? #54853

Gotcha, Dada… thanks for emailing the link! It is helpful. For others accessing this thread by mobile:

“https://www.scienceofultra.com/blog//the-long-run”

“Can a run be too short to be meaningful? If you’re an untrained individual, probably not. Even 10 minutes is a notable stress for sedentary individuals. If you’re capable of running continuously for more than an hour then 30 minutes is the minimum duration I – and the science – would recommend for any run of steady, easy intensity aimed at developing or maintaining endurance. This is because it takes about that long for all the metabolic, structural, and organ-level machinery to be pushed sufficiently to nudge the stress response for development, or at least maintenance.”

Cheers,

Jasdeep

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jasdeep.bal on June 13, 2021 at 8:09 am · in reply to: How short of an AeT workout is too short??? #54811

Hi Dada,

Thanks for the reply but your link is missing:

Hi guys,

I found this article a couple time ago:
Maybe this helps.

Dada

Please try again,

Thank you,

Jasdeep

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jasdeep.bal on June 8, 2021 at 6:14 pm · in reply to: How short of an AeT workout is too short??? #54705

Hi Shashi thanks for taking the time to reply my question… though I found whats attached below, it still doesn’t quite answer my question, and perhaps there is no answer. My goal is to increase my low intensity volume (65-70% of maxHR) that I may spend more time at high intensity (90-95% of maxHR). My goal for training is a 90/10 ratio of low/high intensity… so thats the context of my question…

ON FEBRUARY 23, 2018 AT 8:41 PM
4nthrax;

While Adamsc is correct that longer is better you gotta do what you can do first and figure out how it effects you and what you can handle. Certainly if you are time crunched then 2-3 x 30 min is way better than nothing. The minimum duration related to your fitness level. Do a thought experiment with me: Imagine your grandmother, who, for this experiment we are going to assume has not run a step since she was a teenager. For her a 30 minute run will have a profound training effect. Now imagine Kilian Jornet (if you can). For him a 30 minute run will not be enough training stimulus to add anything to his fitness. In fact too many days of 30 minute runs and he will LOSE fitness.

Can you see now that it is not so formulaic like you might have read on the internet. Training must be progressive to be effective. You must gradually increase the load of your body will stop adapting. Initially a 30 min might be a great starting point and really boost fitness for you but if you are still doing 1 x 30 min run 6 months from now there is a good chance that it will no longer be a sufficient training stimulus to cause you more adaptation. In that case, first you will plateau and soon drop in fitness because your body has become used to this training load.

I hope this helps. There is no one size fits all prescription.
Scott