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@14rcole Thanks for the advice based on your experience. I am very still very confused about the results of my AeT test. I retook the test today at a slightly slower pace/HR and ended up with:
Warmup: N/A
1st Half: 125bpm
2nd Half: 141bpm
% drfit = 12.8%
This is frustrating and I plan to redo the test yet again. My confusion is that the goal is to get ~5% HR drift to determine AeT so, according to this I would conclude that 125bpm is above my actual AeT for this type of exercise. But, this source (https://evokeendurance.com/aerobic-deficiency-syndrome-ads/) says “A very effective low-tech methods of ensuring you are not training at too high an intensity is breathing through your nose or carrying on a conversation while exercising. If you can do those things, you are, almost without a doubt, under your aerobic threshold and getting the maximum training effect for your aerobic metabolic system.”
Yet, throughout the entire AeT treadmill test I was 100% nose breathing and it felt like a very conversational pace. But, I got 12.5% drift. I’m having trouble reconciling these two things.
Jim