[Karen]

Thank you, Seth, for such a helpful response.

It is good to understand that not everyone fits the Bell curve. I’ll re-do the AeT drift test when I can. I get what you’re saying about how important that particular piece of data is so I can make the most of my training.

What fascinates me is that my top end can improve without having done any interval training lately. I have done nothing but 7 hours of Zone 2 walking/hiking or cycling each week for the past 7 weeks. That seems amazing to me.

Incidentally, I thought I’d struggle with the discipline of Zone 2 training but it has turned out to be easy and enjoyable, especially when there’s no recovery time needed. It does also help that I am starting to notice some small, positive changes that will help with my specific hiking goals.

thanks, Karen.

 

[Karen]

Sorry I somehow lost part of my post. My resting heart rate (just after waking) is 63. My max heart rate is 176 according to one of the formulas you can use. I am 55 years old.

[Karen]

Hi Seth. Thank you so much for clarifying how I should do the test. I’ll probably have to do it outside but I now feel confident about how to do that (and why).

Best wishes, Karen

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