Zone 2 for a middle age man is magic. For younger athletes zone training is silly, but for people my age the ability to get in a workout that makes your face sweat, and be recovered to do it the next day, Zone 2 is the way.
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Zone training is 100% the way, especially in your mid 40's like me. I like zone 2 also. Keep doing it and we get faster/better at that same rate.
Pushing toward max heart rate is completely pointless in middle age (and above) and the risks skyrocket, especially in cold weather. Fun fact - shovelling snow is statistically an extremely dangerous activity.
I’m headed to a high school track/athletics practice. Zone training would be both silly for these athletes and detrimental to performance, at least in the America high school system. But as their 50 yr old coach, if I can ride the bike for 30-60 min most days at a HR of 120 lower, and then go to receive, I’ll be a better coach. Clear head, energized, and fully recovered by bedtime.
Now I need to get some weights in the weekly plan. Or just do 25 push-ups for each annoyance during the day like nostr:nprofile1qqsx0tdgudz9xt9lstcwwqj89cjv0ztwpcwfvg674ja25juxzczjzugpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqkjvnx That’s probably the place to start.
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Depending on the job it could be the path to Chadhood
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This zone 2 you speak of is new to me!
It’s a great way to get aerobically fit at any age over 20. But the older you get the more it’s perhaps the only level you should train at. There are people who say you should do some Vo2 max workouts once a week or once every 10 days past 40, but for me those are hard to recover from. I’d rather stack a lot of days and never not be able to workout.
But again, I need to lift.
That theory makes sense. I’m going to look into it, see what it’s all about. Thanks for the info!
Take the stuff from Dr Peter Atia with a grain of salt. Technically he’s right, but practically you can workout as many hours as he’d prescribe unless you’re only working 20 hour a week and training 12-18.
*Can’t* workout.
If I had more time I’d go on long zone 2 rides, but for a simple 30-45 min workout that has you sweating and invigorated it’s great.
Sounds rather intense!
It’s actually the opposite. Just imagine an effort on a bike or on a hilly hike you’d want to do for a long time. If you’re a runner it would be a pace that’s a bit of a challenge but one where you should be able to have conversation in short sentences. But you’ll definitely be sweating.
It’s the opposite of “no pain, no gain.”
Okay, so more endurance training sounds like. Kinda lost me at hilly hike 😂
Yes - endurance/aerobic training.
And and simple way to do this is to just walk on a treadmill and slowly out it on an incline until you get to this effort.
It snowed last night and there will be lots of people at the gym doing that today to get in this workout.
