Q&A #21 - Training to heart rate or power, improving your aerobic engine for the swim, and are intervals better than long slow distance training?

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Mikael Eriksson

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🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Q&A #21 - Training to heart rate or power, improving your aerobic engine for the swim, and are intervals better than long slow distance training? Do the day to day variations of heart rate mean it's better to train to power (or pace), even though you have assessed your heart rate zones using a lactate test? Things to consider to get the most out of your lactate tests How should you train to you improve your aerobic engine for the swim? Are intervals better than traditional long runs or ride for improving VO2max? LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website Coaching Training Plans Q&A #20 - Testing for half and full distance triathlon: are typical 20-minute tests relevant, and are there better options? RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing. CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that triathlon show.
0:05.4	The podcast presented by ScientificTraathlon.com.
0:09.1	I'm your host Michael and this episode is Q&A number 21.
0:14.1	As usual, if you have questions that you want me to answer on the podcast,
0:17.4	you can send them to me on Michael at scientific triflon.com.
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0:27.3	through my email or send them through Facebook. There's a messenger widget in the bottom
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0:39.3	We have several questions today and the first one is from Wade in the state of New York,
0:45.3	United States. He writes, Michael, I love the podcast and have learned tons from you.
0:50.6	Thank you. I have a question about lactate production and threshold testing.
0:55.4	I have a ride that I do on the trainer and I consistently experience different average heart
1:00.2	rates in the intervals. It's a recovery ride with a 0.6-3 intensity factor, so that means
1:07.0	63% of functional threshold.
1:15.6	The variability of my heart rate can be around 10 beats per minute from ride to ride.
1:20.4	While average heart rate over the long term has trended to get lower,
1:25.2	I still notice good and less good days with respect to my average heart rate.
1:31.9	This has me wondering if training to lactate threshold heart rate is necessarily better than training by power.
1:34.3	So I'll stop reading there and answer this part that has been discussed so far in the
1:40.3	question.
1:41.2	So this question, if I understand correctly, what way, what you're asking is
1:47.7	you have done a test of your lactate threshold, where actual lactate samples have been taken.
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