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the muscular demands of running uphill are different than they are on flat ground. on flat ground, your muscles need to propel you in only one direction, when running uphill, you are moving in two dimensions: Up and Across. To move your body across two dimensions requires that your muscles do more work…more work requires more oxygen, more oxygen results in a higher HR. the good news is that you can train your uphill economy to become more efficient at consuming oxygen and creating velocity. if you are just starting to introduce uphill work to your training plan, and you are not sure how good your aerobic base is, you should be doing the uphill work in Z1…after a period of Z1 volume, you can then think about moving to AeT. If you are not sure if you have ADS, perform a 1hr drift test on the treadmill. Instructions for doing that are here in the forum.