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Anaerobic Training Effect

Really like my watch, really like the training balance metric, I am one to stick to a routine, seeing the balance sure helps me diversify and train weaknesses.

However, of late my training is stuck in 'Anaerobic Shortage' on the bar graph is am hardly half way to the start of the anaerobic bubble.

I while back I had changed HR zones from using Lactate Threshold to just using Max HR, that doesn't seem to really have changed the values. My Max HR is correct based on a sprint finish on a warm 5k race in July sun. I use a HR strap (HRM-Dual) always for good data.

I have never gotten a TE higher than ~2.8 (Maintaining) - this includes many attempts of trying to get some. Tried long intervals, short intervals, good recovery (to get good rise rate) and minimal (to get HR up)

Does any one get decent scores here? Especially athletes who have trained for many years and train 8+hrs a week.

Here are a few decent attempts at getting some AnaTE that come to mind. All were with my old 'use LT' for zones.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5171793591 (using LT, 400m and 200m hard)

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5269854362 (using LT, 6x400m Reps hard)

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5457661017 (using LT, 65sec sprints w/80sec recovery)

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5550148743 (using maxHR, short hill sprints)

I can scroll back through my weeks/months of 'Excercise Load' where it shows bar lines for each activity.... NOT ONE is magenta 'anaerobic' !

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TonyB over 4 years ago in reply to NickMN +1

My go-to run workout for anaerobic 'points' is a mixed 10 x 30s hill repeats (full walking recovery ~ 90s) which usually brings me to around 2.5 TE, then 4 x 60s efforts on the flat with recovery to zone…
DPSK over 4 years ago +1

Try 800m intervals. I did these a lot. And I am getting high Anaerobic load.

Just for example, I did the following recently. My Anaerobic load was 4.0.

8x 200m, 8x 400m, 4x 800m
badbri over 3 years ago in reply to mcalista +1

mcalista said:
One other thing to consider is that extended warmups/cool downs can lead to a workout being classed as "low aerobic" (because that is where you spent most of your time), even if the focus…

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0 B@rt over 2 years ago in reply to badbri

what helped to me was having the Aerobic/Anaerobic datafields visible during the workout.

if more anaerobic is needed i have to push harder to incerease it, in case of to much im pushing to hard and slow a little down.

with doing so im able to get very close to the estimated Aerobic/Anaerobic prediction of the workout of the day.

im talking about running so on a bike i do not know if this works in a similar way.

but when i'm doing 200m intervalls with 200m rest i have good control over the outcome of Aerobic/Anaerobic before in my workout.