ZONES IN TRAININGPEAKS™
"By adopting a systematic approach, you can turn chaos into order, confusion into clarity, and dreams into reality."- Unknown
Individualizing Your Training Zones
To identify your ZONES (e.g., heart rate, power, &/or pace), choose one of the options below.
Option #1 (recommended):
Get tested at the Lab and then use your individualized assessment-based threshold heart rate and power output to establish your own unique zones. Insert these individualized parameters into the zone settings on the TrainingPeaks™ platform.
Option #2:
A simple but suboptimal way to determine zones is to estimate your anaerobic threshold heart rate using you age. Here is a quick link to the threshold estimator form . If you're in a hurry to get started, feel free to use this option. However, eventually, you will want to confirm your threshold heart rate(s) in the lab.
The anaerobic threshold heart rate determined from one of the aforementioned methods can be used to calculate your heart rate zones for the Training Peaks (TP) Platform itself or you can use the zone calculators below. We recommend you use Coggin’s 5-6 zones method when possible.
Additionally, you can include Power and Pace Zones within TP, similar to how you can include heart rate zones.
Why should you follow training zones?
There are a couple of very important reasons that you should be using heart rate zones when you train, especially during endurance or sustained types of activity:
To identify your training parameters and help you adhere to training plans and prescriptions
To determine and track your training loads and cumulative stress levels for evaluating your training effect
During exercise, you can monitor your training intensity and load by tracking your heart rate, pace (running or walking), and power output (cycling) using tracking devices. These monitors are a popular way to assess how hard you're working and will assist you in controlling your training volume (stress).
Depending on your fitness status and training goals, using your own unique training zones will be an integral part of the successful adaptation process.
Zones are created to set the criteria for your workouts.
For information on how to set-up your Zones in TrainingPeaks click on the lab notes button (or link) below.
To estimate your zones using our calculators, check out the button (or link) below.
For a more in depth breakdown of each of the training zones and how to interpret them check out my previous article below.
#2) TRAINING ZONES (Endurance)
“Don't just guess your training intensity. Let training zones be your guide, ensuring you train at the right level for maximum efficiency and progress.” - Unknown PRECISION TRAINING Monitoring your training intensity and volume during endurance activities is crucial. We can effectively achieve this using heart rate, pace (for running or walking), and powe…
Training Zones component in the Key Training Components sections to follow.
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