Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber discuss Zone 2 training simply on today’s Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast.
VINNIE’S WEEK
- Just came back from a week of crewing in the desert
- Vinnie records at least 4 shows a week — that’s quite a lot!
- Over 450 or some odd episodes up
WHATÂ IS ZONE 2… REALLY?
- There are 5 zones, although most people only need to think of zones 1-4
- Everyone has an anaerobic threshold
- Zone 5: where your body goes when lactic acid production > lactic acid clearing
- This is for intense athletes
- Zone 5: where your body goes when lactic acid production > lactic acid clearing
- Zone 1: basically walking, maybe a fast walk
- Zone 2: When you’re breathing hard, but can still have a conversation
- You can get a test in a lab to tell you what your threshold for zone 2 is
- Poor man’s way:take 180, subtract by age, add a few points if you are very active and anywhere in there you are hitting zone 2 (heart rate)
- Slow up a bit if you are in zone 3, because then you are burning more glycogen than fat
- If you are looking to PR a marathon, look into some zone 3 and 4
- Best way to stay in shape AND burn fat!
- Little sprint spurts (only if you have a good base) are fine
- Do this for minimum of 8 wks (Vinnie recommends 12 wks)
