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re: I quit doing cardio
Posted on 4/3/24 at 3:22 pm to Salmon
Posted on 4/3/24 at 3:22 pm to Salmon
That's what I've enjoyed the most about the zone 2 training is that there are so many ways to get it: weighted stadiums at the local high school (walking, not running), slide board, jumping rope, jogging, swimming, cycling, etc, etc. It's low intensity so most of those nagging injuries that I've had in the past have mostly gone away.
When Attia interviewed the San Milan guy (the expert on training cyclists), he stated that 3 hrs of zone 2 was necessary to maintain fitness and that anything above that was adding to fitness levels. 180 mins/ 12 min miles = 15 miles per week. That's not very much.
When Attia interviewed the San Milan guy (the expert on training cyclists), he stated that 3 hrs of zone 2 was necessary to maintain fitness and that anything above that was adding to fitness levels. 180 mins/ 12 min miles = 15 miles per week. That's not very much.
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Posted on 4/3/24 at 7:39 pm to Aubie Spr96
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When Attia interviewed the San Milan guy (the expert on training cyclists), he stated that 3 hrs of zone 2 was necessary to maintain fitness and that anything above that was adding to fitness levels. 180 mins/ 12 min miles = 15 miles per week. That's not very much.
I've also heard something about cardio effects don't really kick in until around 15-20 minutes to maximize improvements. So if you workout for a half hour cardio session 3-4 days a week, you'd see minimal improvements. But extending that to 45 minutes, you're already in an elevated HR zone, likely zone 2-3, and it may have taken you that 15-20 minutes to get there and sustain it. So you're only adding 15 minutes to your workout time, but all of that is like a bonus, and better than doing a short 15-20 minute cardio based workout on another day. And after you acclimate to that, you stretch it to an hour.
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