Heart Rate Training Zones

birdy247

I am sure this has been asked alot of times (i did use search but couldn't find anything), but could someone provide me with the % HR expressed in the following zones:

FTP
Sweet Spot
Endurance
Recovery

also expressed in terms of zones 1-5

Thanks very much

Bronzie

http://home.trainingpeaks.com/articles/ ... oggan.aspx

Sweet spot is low end Level 3 (tempo) to high Level 4 (threshold)

FTP is not a zone or level - it's your max sustainable power for a 1-hour all out effort - but I guess you could equate that to top of Level 4 = threshold

The above levels are obviously for use when training with power data, but an equivalent heart rate is shown (where practical) - this relates to your average heart rate for a 1-hour all out effort (which Joe Friel refers to as "Lactate Threshold Heart Rate" in his Training Bible books).

Bronzie

Or perhaps a bit easier to understand if related to max heart rate (assuming you know / can test for your true maximum rather than calculated from any age related formula):

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12592875

Alex_Simmons/RST

Bronzie wrote:

http://home.trainingpeaks.com/articles/cycling/power-training-levels-by-andrew-coggan.aspx

Sweet spot is low end Level 3 (tempo) to high Level 4 (threshold)

FTP is not a zone or level - it's your max sustainable power for a 1-hour all out effort - but I guess you could equate that to top of Level 4 = threshold

The above levels are obviously for use when training with power data, but an equivalent heart rate is shown (where practical) - this relates to your average heart rate for a 1-hour all out effort (which Joe Friel refers to as "Lactate Threshold Heart Rate" in his Training Bible books).

Upper L4 in Coggan training levels is higher than FTP, around 105% of FTP.