Incredible results from 3 months of Zone 2 Heart Rate Triathlon Training

In that speedo, there is a fine line between cold exposure and plain exposure...

To date for 2020, I have 94 run workouts according to my activity tracker. I went from running 1.3 miles at 12:57 to yesterday’s 8-3-2020 one mile time of 8:01. I also quit smoking five years ago after smoking for 28 and lost 30 pounds this year. Keep the heart rate loooooow for fat burning and endurance. The lowest I can keep my HR is 144 while jogging. You can’t have lasting speed without endurance. Good luck everyone.

You can’t really judge the efficacy of the protocol by comparing two wildly different workouts. Find a workout from before, do the same workout, then compare.

THANK YOU so much for the excel download! I’ve never been able to easily/correctly figure out zones. Now I know and am looking forward to going HR Training a real go!! Thank you again for all your insights!!

80% of my training are in Zone 2 for the last 10 weeks... Recently, I noticed improvements because my heart rate is getting lower (5 to 7 b/min) for the same power on the bike and also, I speed up on the run to stay in my Z2... It works!!!

You are really great content-creator! Been watching now many of your videos, and it is clear you are brilliant, you express your thinking/concepts really well, you have really great attitude, you got interesting leadership-approach into your videos, you clearly want to provide a lot to your followers etc. I am really thankful I found this channel of yours! Thanks!

Thanks for the video, great improvement

Great results, Taren. Hope my progress will be quite similar.... Btw - great shirt!!!

Great to see how you’re going well by using aerobic training. One BIG detail you didn’t compare was the elevation. The first ride 45m, the second one 615. So, it was really hilly

Great video 😁 who doesn't love taking it easy every now and again!!

1:45 Polarised training 3:28 Incredible results

Hey bud, I really enjoyed your detailed approach. Nice job

Hi there! First of all great videos! I'd like to ask since I can only do 3 rides a week, if I should go with one intervals and two zone 2 rides or two intervals and one zone 2 ride? Thanks and more success

Hi Taren, great video! I was wondering how many hours a week you train, and how you see this fit in with time-crunched training of doing a bunch of sweet-spot work rather than highly polarized work. I.e. do you see this kind of training working when you have about 8hrs a week to spend?

Cold exposure in a Speedo does not shed fat, it sheds viewers.

Good stuff Taren. I’m Z2 training for years now.

Just imagine Taren being pulled over for a routine traffic stop, in speedos and a hat.

Hey great video! Did you do only polarized training (a la Fitzgerald method) or did you have a long run of PURELY zone 1-2 training for several months (a la Mafffetone)? I have previous tried Fitzgerald's 80/20 method with good results, but I want to develop my aerobic base even more and am considering a multimonth journey on only low HR training (65% of max HR - - - measured, not calculated BTW).

Hey Taren, what are your thoughts on cadence? Do you prefer lower or higher? I've really been working on improving mine to greater than 90 rpm.

Just stumbled on your clip. I agree with your findings, even though you're comparing two different sets of data. I threw out the structured training approach in January this year after reading on benefits of zone 2 training. I constantly train on zwift on the Tempus Fugit circuit four times a week for 50 km in Z2. Since January I have moved my upper limit of zone 2 from 195 to 238 watts. FTP went from 261 to 313. Last weekend, I smashed 300 watts up AdZ for 50 mins. Something that I never thought of being attainable. I'm just a regular joe riding grand fondos 3-4 times a year, no racing. Twice a week I do max efforts runs for 60-90 mins, that fills in for HITs. I do either a zwift race or climb up AdZ all out. Also, I keep track of all my rides in Golden Cheetah. I keep a close eye on my aerobic decoupling value, as soon as it gets to 2% I restest for FTP to move training zones. I do a rest/active recovery every 4th week. So far I'm impressed. Great intro by the way, and it's frigging cold in Winnipeg too lol :)