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tobischneider on May 17, 2022 at 12:55 pm · in reply to: Easy running in zone 1 and 2 feely extremely difficult after recovering from OTS #67305

Thanks for your reply and sharing your experience, Rich!

Sound very similiar to my recovery story: Not getting outside at all, was never a real option, so I did a lot of hikes that I also used to monitor my progress. Patience is really the name of the game; every now and then trying to implement a short section of running, until I am now finally able to fully exercise again – even when it still feels unusually hard, even at these low intensity efforts, but I guess I just have to continue to be patient and then also this issue will sooner or later disappear, at the latest as soon as I am fitter and my body used to the physical activity again.
I found that it is not my cardiovascular system that is fatiqued but rather my musculoskeletal, which kinda makes sense after 2,5 months of no intense physical acitvity, no running and just small doses of walks in the woods at a very gentle pace…

What is your story with OTS, if I may ask? Could you recover from it successfully?
I find that patience, stress managment, eating more and better training programming did a lot for me and helped, also as a learning for the future.

Tobi

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tobischneider on February 9, 2022 at 12:44 pm · in reply to: High Lactate Threshold, Aerobic deficiency ? #63141

Following… Seems quite interesting to me as well 🙂

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tobischneider on September 18, 2021 at 4:35 am · in reply to: Simple heart rate monitor for my free minimalist training philosophy? #57146

By doing some research in the garmin forums, I eventually managed to create a custom activity based on Cardio that almost fits all my needs – some things are not perfect yet, but I think I can live with that.
How did you change the 5 zone model to a 4 zone model though? This does not seem to work with my Fenix 6s Pro – I simply made zone 5 as small as possible (99-100%), but it does not seem to be able to delete it completely from my settings?

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tobischneider on September 17, 2021 at 11:53 pm · in reply to: Simple heart rate monitor for my free minimalist training philosophy? #57142

Thanks Todd for your response and tips!
Ideally, I would like the watch to only track my time in the 4 heart rate zones, so I can better control my intensity while running. Therefore it would be necessary to have them shown to me during the activity and not just later when I am already at home.
I have been trying to create a custom activity that fits my needs; however, I always fail at stopping the watch to track any additional data. Even when the GPS is turned off, it measures the distances nevertheless by using the accelerometer.
Would you have any tips for creating a workout type for me?

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tobischneider on September 16, 2021 at 11:40 pm · in reply to: Simple heart rate monitor for my free minimalist training philosophy? #57111

I tried it with GPS turned off – unfortunately the watch still measures distance by an accelerometer (i am not sure if this is the right english word, sorry!) that can not be turned off.
Something like a special app or widget from Connect IQ would be great – something that only tracks time and has a customisable heart rate zone monitor…

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tobischneider on September 13, 2021 at 12:35 am · in reply to: Any ideas for a daily injury prevention routine? #56980

Hey Thomas,
My main sport is “trail” or “mountain” running and I would be looking for some kind of routine that includes not only some strenghening but also mobility elements of the muscles that are generally stressed or injured the most when running up- and downhill in rather technical terrain.
The idea would be to have something I can include in my daily routine and since I am viewing my regular (home gym) strength training as something like my second sport that allows me to not being focussed on solely one single sport (trail running), I do not like to add too many running-specific exercises in these upper-body-strength-focussed workouts.
I would like to have trail running, my strength training and some injury prevention routine seperated from each other… 5-10 minutes of light mobility and strength exercises would be something I could easily implement in my daily routine. I am a big believer in the theory that we humans are the product of our day-to-day activites and highly adaptable to anything we do on a regular basis – so using and strengthening the running-specific muscles day-to-day should, at least in my opinion, be a great way to prevent any overuse injuries, wouldn’t you agree?
I would love to hear opinions about it! 🙂
Tobi