[SlowAndSteady]

Aerobic

Open to all thoughts and suggestions, but here are my specific questions

-aet seems to be about 114, way lower than what my maf is and what I was training at (below 150ish)

-I can breathe through my nose and converse at well above my Aet… like 145-155ish. Which is when carb usage is about 100% and lactate really getting up there…. I find this unusual. What is the reason for all this?  My training background was essentially “always go hard”. Played sports recreationally and went to a military college where we did lots of  running and such, also powerlifted

-was never really fast, but could previously run a mile in 6 minutes… bump that to 1.5 miles and I’m at a 7 min/mile pace… and it just got worse from there very quickly. So I guess these results makes my previous running times make more sense (the big drop off in pace as distance increases even a bit)

 

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also, I made this other post with a lifting question, just in case it affects this post or vice versa. Although getting back to lifting is a new thing for me, it’s been several years

Will this lifting routine prevent improving aerobic threshold?

[Scott Johnston]

Thanks for sending in your test.  My thoughts are the following:

1) You need to do most of your aerobic base training between 110 and 130 to flatten out the lactate curve (lower lactate levels).

2) People with your training background will often have a very low AeT relative to MAF and can breathe comfortably much higher than AeT.

3) The drop in pace as distance increases is to be expected when your aerobic capacity is low.  That’s because you are relying too heavily on the anaerobic metabolic pathway.

Scott

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