In this episode, we have the S&C coach and the Head of Athlete Performance and Development at Xavier College, Nathan Heaney, also known as the Conditioning Consultant.
More athletes are becoming familiar with training programmes based on training zones. You may have heard of 80/20 running where the aim is to do 80% of your running training in the easy zone, and 20% in the intense zone. But is it as simple as making your easy runs easy and your hard runs hard? What defines these training zones? In this episode, Nathan and I discuss how to use heart rate data to guide your training zones, what the difference is between a 3 zone and a 5 zone training model, and is it possible to use ratings of perceived exertion to help guide training these zones, too.
In this episode, we discuss:
1:10 - Introduction to Nathan Heaney and the start of his work in training intensity domains
9:00 - Training intensity during defined
11:09 - What happens when runners' unintentionally run in the wrong intensity zone
17:24 - External factors influencing athlete’s training intensity
23:23 - The different intensity distribution models and why is polarised training so popular
29:34 - The Threshold model
30:22 - Programme flexibility between models due to training goals
35:58 - defining your intensity zones
38:36 - tips and tests for determining training zones
43:49 - Creating interval sessions
47:56 - The use of RPE for endurance training
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