training plan

I had already found these configurations, in any case I appreciate the help in relation to the configuration of the heart rate zones.

And in relation to my main doubt, are these training zones on the training sheet in relation to the maximum heart rate or in relation to the lactate threshold?

Can someone help me?

I think you can enter your FTP and max HR and then use the garmin settings. Or you can manually adjust zones with guidance, such as british cycling : https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/membership/article/20120925-Power-Calculator-0

I do think that their FTHR instructions are off because i would apply a 95% adjustment to the 20 min test results, just like they say for power. When doing the HR zones double check the max number makes sense.

BC has a few other pages on actually doing the test and why. It's a great resource (hopefully not all behind their membership paywall)

MB

meltonboy

thank you very much for your help, now what I have to find out is whether these training zones on the training sheet here at gramin are based on FCMax or FTHR.

Do you know which one is used?

Marcio_Andrade If I understand correctly, you aren't asking about the HR zones that your edge uses. You are asking about where the criteria came from for the actual workout/training plan. Is that correct? 

Yes

The zones are the zones. If you go into garmin connect, select your device, user settings and scroll down you can enter your max and hit reset. or you can do the british cycling zones and change the numbers of each zone if you prefer (although i think they use the same % of max anyway). Once you have the zones you are good to go with any plan that refers to zones.

I understand now. 

The workouts will use whatever zones you have entered using the settings mentioned previously. It is up to you to determine how you would like to set your max HR, as there are multiple methods for doing this. 

Yes. if you have some training history and know an activity where you built yourself up and pushed it until you almost vomited, that would be a good max guide. You can also do the 20 min test and feed that into the BC calculator i posted. But then you must check the max number as it shouldn't be lower than the HR you have done in the past, but also not massively higher than a big effort.

But whatever you do, do not use an age based formula as that's total BS.

I don't think the HR zones change massively with load / fitness, but others can correct me. Mine certainly haven't. Whereas your power zones can change (that's the point of training ie to build up your FTP).

MB