Got the VO2 test done on sunday :)
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brock1234 posted 1 year ago.
Well done!
I think 56 and over puts you in the excellent fitness ranking so you should be stoked.
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VTIRON posted 1 year ago.
We have toyed with the idea of the testing but when armed with this information my question is, how do you intend to modify your current training plan(s) to increase the numbers?
If I knew the answer or someone could tell me something that made sense we would do the testing.
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tri-ac posted 1 year ago.
VTIRON;62826 wrote:
We have toyed with the idea of the testing but when armed with this information my question is, how do you intend to modify your current training plan(s) to increase the numbers?
If I knew the answer or someone could tell me something that made sense we would do the testing.
the only reason to do the test is to establish your fitness zones definitively (ie hard scientific data), and then, subsequently, to test if you are improving your fitness. the usual training planning described by friel et al is still the same.
if you're comfortable using the generic formulas to establish training zones, then no biggie... i tested last year and it basically confirmed the generic formulas were pretty close. some folks have results that differ from the generic formulas so the test can establish their true excersize zones so that they can train most efficiently.
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tri-ac posted 1 year ago.
Jstyle;62799 wrote:
My aerobic range is from 159-188. Then I go anerobic. That's at least what I understood from it. Maybe I can scan in the paperwork and let everyone see.
my tested vo2 # was close to yours, and so i suspect that <160 HR is where your aerobic zone is...
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Way to go, J!
I have had 2 VO2 tests and find them very good for evaluating your HR zones. The actual number is cool, but not as important to me. On the treadmill I ended up at 74.8 mlO2/kg/min at a 14% incline, 7.5mph, 181HR (I'm old).
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Atropos posted 1 year ago.
How does VO2max influence HR training zones? Can you get ranges from the number itself or does it give you an idea what your Anaerobic Threshold is just by doing the test?
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Donna posted 1 year ago.
I had the testing done on the bike. From what I understand, they can tell where your anaerobic threshold is, and they look at your corresponding HR at that point and then you can see what is the best HR zones to be training in.
An interesting thing happened for me with this that would have really screwed me up if I had just gone with the regular formulas. My HR is very low in general and even lower on the bike. ZR is 100-116 beats and Z1 is 116-126. Numbers that my coach would not have guessed based on my age and experience. In that way, the testing was really important to determine the optimal zone training.
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
Red5;62840 wrote:
Way to go, J!
I have had 2 VO2 tests and find them very good for evaluating your HR zones. The actual number is cool, but not as important to me. On the treadmill I ended up at 74.8 mlO2/kg/min at a 14% incline, 7.5mph, 181HR (I'm old).
Red come on dude way to kill my feeling of accomplishment j/k no joke brotha a 74 basically means you should really go pro man. Come on dude that is an insane number honestly.
I really don't care about the VO2 number itself (well I kinda do.) The thing I care about more is the heart rate zones. It actually lets me know how to train and what to do. I regret not doing it sooner to be honest.
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Jstyle;62862 wrote:
Red come on dude way to kill my feeling of accomplishment j/k no joke brotha a 74 basically means you should really go pro man. Come on dude that is an insane number honestly.I really don't care about the VO2 number itself (well I kinda do.) The thing I care about more is the heart rate zones. It actually lets me know how to train and what to do. I regret not doing it sooner to be honest.
Exactly right, it doesn't matter, what matters is training those HR zones and getting FASTER for YOUR levels. It's the key to IM :D
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Atropos posted 1 year ago.
More questions from me...;)
Is it assumed that the HR at which you hit your VO2 max is your anaerobic threshold, or do those number have nothing in common?
I haven't done much testing as far as my LTHR goes, but my most recent attempt (30 minutes running hard) had my average HR at 179bpm. Now, apparently that is my lactate threshold, but I've heard that a 10k run all out might be a better guage of LTHR.
I've been using Mark Allen's formula pegging my aerobic training zone in between 124 and 155bpm, though going by my numbers that might be a little low.
Any opinions?
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Well the gym my wife goes to offers the test so I ponied up 75 bucks and finally got it done. It was a cool test I have never done one before so it was pretty enlightening. He put me on this treadmill and started me off at 3mph for a minute then raised it every minute or so 1mph until I got to 9mph. From there to bring me to RPE 9 he increased the incline. Now I don't remember how spaced out it was between each 1% increase in incline but I think it was around 1 minute or 45 seconds at 1% 1 minute or so at 2% and so on until I got to 6%. Well by the time I made it to 6% I was hurtin. I got my heart rate up to 201 and I didn't have much more left. So they did a print out and let me know how I did.
Well this is what I learned from the experience. My VO2 max is 56.4 which he said was really good. I was hoping to get a lance number in the 80's but then I woke up and remembered I live in the real world.
My aerobic range is from 159-188. Then I go anerobic. That's at least what I understood from it. Maybe I can scan in the paperwork and let everyone see.