Q&A #11 - Should you use different heart rate zones for swimming, cycling and running?

Q&A #11 - Should you use different heart rate zones for swimming, cycling and running?

 

• According to Dr. Phil Maffletone, the aerobic threshold heart rate is the same in all aerobic sports (like swimming, cycling, and running). Is this true? 
• How the type of athlete you are and your ability and experience in different sports impacts whether your heart rate zones will be similar or not between different sports. 
• Practical examples from lab tests and research studies showing massive discrepancies in threshold heart rate between sports (we're talking 10-20 bpm differences)
• The problems with the MAF-formula or 180-formula for aerobic threshold heart rate.

 

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

 

• That Triathlon Show website 
• Coaching
• Training Plans
• TRANSFERABILITY OF RUNNING AND CYCLING TRAINING ZONES IN TRIATHLETES: IMPLICATIONS FOR STEADY-STATE EXERCISE
• Article by Phil Maffletone

 

 

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