Hello everyone, reading this wonderful book by Coach @Paul Laursen, I noticed that elite athletes only do one high-intensity session on the bike, while in ATHLETIC we have one 30/30" session and one Race Pace session in addition to the Strength session (would that be an MIT?).
I wanted to know what exactly is meant by LIT? Is it a Z2 workout? Is it a First Ventilatory Threshold workout, or are there high-intensity intervals at the M threshold as well, then is the lactate lowered to an average of 2.5 mmol?
Glad you’re enjoying the book. No problem asking the questions here, however keep in mind that our AI-coach in App2 (which you have access to) should be able to answer all of these questions for you as it has been primed or loaded into the RAG.
Yes - elites do more total volume so in doing so wind up doing more low intensity training relative to HIIT and MIT.
LIT = low intensity training. Below LT1 or Zone 2. Below first substantial increase in blood lactate (listen to my next Training Science Podcast coming up with Stephan Nuesser)
The problem with the labelling of this low intensity work is that there are so many ways its been done, yet its all the same thing. You’re training easy steady by feel and you’re not drifting into Zone 3 where you start to accumulate too much stress. In the literature we mostly call this the aerobic threshold (AeT) because its predominantly burning fat under the presence of oxygen, but other labels include VT1, LT1, MAF, etc. In Athletica you can see an estimation of yours nicely on your chart (Green, AeT). I’m using my 3 month window because its winter here and I’ve shifted to snow-based sports now so my short term cycling window isn’t appropriate.
