[lorenzo.riano]

lorenzo.riano on August 23, 2020 at 4:00 pm · in reply to: Cycling Transfering #44470

@Scott I think you’re right by saying that specificity is the key for every sport. But what does it mean in physiological terms? What kind of adaptations happen in the body when we run vs when we bike vs when we [insert you sport here]. More specifically:

a) Is the cardiovascular adaption with biking different from running?
b) If do a lot of low intensity volume with the bike, what different adaptations happen vs the run?
c) At which point do the adaptions of a weight bearing sport really matter? For example, for a decently trained athlete, does hiking really provide different adaptations compared to biking?
d) Everybody looks at the elite athletes. At their level all they can get are marginal gains. In that case I agree that specific training is paramount. But for a person who still has a lot of untapped potential, does it really matter which specific aerobic effort they do?

Thanks for all the replies!

[lorenzo.riano]

lorenzo.riano on May 3, 2020 at 9:27 pm · in reply to: My AeT and AnT tests are weird #41117

Makes sense Scott, thanks for the reply!

[lorenzo.riano]

lorenzo.riano on April 30, 2020 at 8:48 pm · in reply to: My AeT and AnT tests are weird #41074

Hi Scott,

thanks for the reply. It kind of makes sense, but still leaves me buzzing. From what you are saying it looks like HR drift seldom happens, and it’s hard to observe at high intensities. If so, isn’t it hard to use it as test for the AeT?

Regarding the AnT test, maybe I could have gone a bit harder, although I’m not really sure. And I know the max HR is not easy to quantify, but I also know that not so long ago I hit ~180, so there’s plenty of room from the 162 I observed in my AnT. Does that mean that I could have gone a lot harder for (gasp!) 45 minutes?

The reasons I’m stressing about these values is that the AeT is very useful for your training programs, and the AnT is very useful to calculate TSS and everything else in TrainingPeaks. Or are they? 🙂

[lorenzo.riano]

lorenzo.riano on April 24, 2020 at 11:52 am · in reply to: My AeT and AnT tests are weird #40865

Thanks Jared for the link! I see Scott’s point and it makes sense, but I’m not sure it applies to my test. Two years ago, during an all out half marathon, I have empirically measured my max HR to be around 178. So there’s plenty of room for the AnT test HR of 162 to grow.

In summary I think both the AeT (151) and AnT (162) are very close to reality, just based on my rate of perceived exertion, which is not perfect but not even out of whack given my experience.

My question then remains: why didn’t I observe cardiac drift during the AnT test?

Thanks again for the responses!