Limitations of FTP and Heart Rate-Based Training Zones

The Problem with Traditional Training Zone Methods Have you ever followed a training plan only to...

Limitations of Ramp and Short Step Tests for Physiological Training Zones

When it comes to determining your physiological training zones, the testing protocol you choose...

Beyond the Test: Why Daily Physiological Monitoring Matters More Than a Single Assessment

As endurance athletes and coaches, we often put tremendous weight on our testing results. Whether...

Understanding Your Training Zones: the First Step to Precision Intensity

Have you ever wondered what's actually happening in your muscles during training? Or why coaches...

Moxy and PNOĒ – a match made in heaven

My journey into physiological testing and program design started approximately 20 years ago when...

Analysis of a 5-1-5 Assessment

The last blog post discussed how to complete a 5-1-5 Assessment to evaluate which system: cardiac,...

Training Intensity Zones: Muscle Oxygen and the Limiting System

In this post, I want to go beyond simply determining training intensity zones to determining what...

Setting Training Intensity Zones: Muscle Oxygen

In this post, I will discuss how Muscle Oxygen monitoring is used to determine training intensity...

Training Intensity Zones: Functional Threshold Power

Functional Threshold Power (FTP) has become a very popular method for setting training intensity...

Determining Training Intensity Zones: Lactate Threshold

This is probably the single topic in this blog series on determining training intensity zones...