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Antonello's avatar

Hi Gordo. I have a question: how to train "not decoupling" and/or durability? Train benchmarking pace at LT1/Z2 and accepting Heart rate decoupling or, at the opposite, train benchmarking Heart Rate (below LT1 in Z1 or LT+5/10 in Z2??) accepting the pace? Many thanks

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Dan Collison's avatar

Hi Gordo,

[A] Thanks for educating us on this, and the riches that decoupling and NOT decoupling can tell us about our capacities at various effort intensities and durations.

Coincidentally, TIL that (1) TrainingPeaks has a decoupling metric that emerges from the “Analyze” feature; and combining that with (2) keeping an > 60 minute effort at a constant heart rate (more accurate around a track, or on a flat course) OR on a treadmill at a non-changing pace and grade, this decoupling metric can give us an idea whether one’s effort is < AeT, at AeT, or > AeT. See appended. It’s sort of a variation of your “Capped Heart Rate Routes” technique.

Do you have any thoughts on using decoupling this way as a “poor man’s” lactate threshold testing for AeT? [Source: https://uphillathlete.com/aerobic-training/heart-rate-drift/ ]

[B] Thanks also for emphasizing that each effort has its own curve regarding an effort of X intensity for Y duration. It’s neat to learn that doing a series of these efforts at 60, 80, 100 minutes, etc., at appropriate pace/ power intensities is a way to see if we have aerobic capacity for a 21K, 42K, 50K, etc.

[I decide to move the question here after originally asking on YT]

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