From what I understand, the optimal training load zone range will adjust over time, but does anyone have any experience of this? Reason I ask is that for the first time I've got an over-reaching status, but my training load has been frequently into the high zone (over about 1000?) for maybe a month. Would the range only shift if my fitness was improving that while time?
I did a 1hr45min turbo ride at around 90% FTP and my vo2max went from 61 to 59, so I get why it says my fitness is going down. Vo2 max for me seems to go up after HIIT training but usually drop after long steady rides, which I guess makes sense?
I'd love to be able to take a leap of faith with these training load statuses, but for now they just seem like guidelines.
On a separate note, why does the watch have a lactate threshold reading for cycling and swimming when the watch doesn't seem to even measure that? I had to Google and make a guess on those figures, but could that be throwing off my TE scores?!