I listened to an interview with a coach on GCN about Zone 2. He said that if you do higher zone efforts too long during Zone 2 training, your body may be stuck above Zone 2 for half an hour or more and that is counter productive to getting Zone 2 training and its benefits. He said if you are going to do hard efforts in a Zone 2 work out, do them in the end.
I am wondering if it may be counter productive to do hard efforts at anytime during the session. If you get pushed to Zone 4 at the end and your body stays there after the workout for a while, will it be recovering with Zone 4 demands, or do you get the benefit of both adaptations, Zone 2 and Zone 4.?
I am wondering if it may be counter productive to do hard efforts at anytime during the session. If you get pushed to Zone 4 at the end and your body stays there after the workout for a while, will it be recovering with Zone 4 demands, or do you get the benefit of both adaptations, Zone 2 and Zone 4.?