[mjb]

mjb on February 20, 2020 at 6:54 pm · in reply to: Confusing Lactate Meter Results #38538

Thanks for the response @michaeltyoung
There’s some great info there.

I was trying to test straight after my run thinking that it would be a good check to ensure I was in Z2 before I make the time to do the proper treadmill test (need access to a treadmill). But if the results are likely to be that sensitive to a slight delay, maybe thats not going to be a useful practice.

I’m looking forward to finding a treadmill and partner to help do the proper test protocol. My current AeT is based on the TrainingPeaks HRV method and was done a while ago (my TP expired and I wasn’t feeling the value of renewing).

[mjb]

mjb on January 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm · in reply to: Struggling to pin down AeT and AnT #15929

Wow, two responses on the same day. Thank you to both Scotts for the super fast turn around time and your expert input!

I had read in some threads about your experience with a good slow warming being required. I did wonder if that might be a factor (but didn’t think it would be that much).
I went for a run on Monday morning (48hrs after the AnT test) and kept HR below 140 for the first 40mins (average 126) over undulating terrain around my local hill. Then very gradually built up the intensity heading up the hill, and it felt like the nose breathing limit was approx 150 bpm. I was focussing on experimenting around a bit more, not maintaining a constant level, so that might change. This would be about 13% lower than my AnT which seems a more reasonable difference

I am intending to do this again ASAP, hoping to find a good steady state. I also suspect that I may not have been fully recovered from the AnT test (I could definitely feel some lactic in my legs), so that might even drop my AeT down a little more.

In short the answer is to do a big, slow warm up.

Thanks once again for your thoughts!