Got a 60. Aerobic LT was 75% and anaerobic LT was 95%.
I was told by the folks at the lab that these numbers were pretty good for a woman (getting a more detailed run-through of the numbers later this week), especially my Lactate Threshold numbers.
Does anyone have any insight into these numbers? Any thoughts?
Hi Francois sounds like you have a good understanding of this stuff,maybe you can anwser some questions,Had VO2 max test months ago and do not know what all this means,resting HR 66 (high because i walked to the test, 60 or lower during the day is normal)Resting Lactate 1.5(mmol/L) Maximal Oxygen Consumption 5.37(L/min) 50.9(ML/Kg/Min) Max Work 450 watts Maximal Lactate 2min.post:7.7mmol max heart rate 190bpm Lactate threshold (LT) Velocity (80rpm):290 Watts %of heart rate max:88% Heart rate at LT:167 My Max HR is really around 213 i just wanted to do a good sitting Time trial effort and was tired going into test. I have know idea of how to feel about these numbers,i can TT at 180 BPM but i think that i might train to hard,if thats is possible,Any help with this would be appreciated.Randall
Thanks Francois Forgot to mention, Bike test told them i would use around 90 rpm but bike had real short cranks and i am used to 180mm/177.5mms so my Rpms were around 100/110 real fast for me they drew blood every two minutes till last few minutes then every minute.If i look at the chart they gave me the Maximal oxygen Consumption (VO2 max) at 5.37(L/Min0 puts me in the elite group, the relative Vo2 max 50.9 puts me in the Trained group. Thanks Randall
Not Francois but have a bit of an understanding. The most important thing to me during an incremental test is %Max HR at lactate threshold (the “second turnpoint”) and power at this level. Reason: A couple of studies have shown that your %MHR at lactate threshold stays the same during the season but your power or speed for running will hopefully increase. The best way to measure performance is just that, a performance. Do 30’ and 60’ TTs. For a 30’ TT you should be able to hold 90% of MHR and for 60’ about 85%.
hope that helps a bit.
andrew
Hi Francois sounds like you have a good understanding of this stuff,maybe you can anwser some questions,Had VO2 max test months ago and do not know what all this means,resting HR 66 (high because i walked to the test, 60 or lower during the day is normal)Resting Lactate 1.5(mmol/L) Maximal Oxygen Consumption 5.37(L/min) 50.9(ML/Kg/Min) Max Work 450 watts Maximal Lactate 2min.post:7.7mmol max heart rate 190bpm Lactate threshold (LT) Velocity (80rpm):290 Watts %of heart rate max:88% Heart rate at LT:167 My Max HR is really around 213 i just wanted to do a good sitting Time trial effort and was tired going into test. I have know idea of how to feel about these numbers,i can TT at 180 BPM but i think that i might train to hard,if thats is possible,Any help with this would be appreciated.Randall
Francois-- I got tested a month ago-- what they told me, is that another way of estimating lactic treshold is by looking at the point where RQ passes 1,00.(0.99-1.01) This seems to correlate perfectly with my actual performance ability. A trad. lactate test (4mmol as guidance) I had done a little earlier, underestimates my actual LT by about 10bpm. Do you have any experience with this 1.00RQ ‘threshold’?
Going back to the ‘LT at 95% of maxHR is too high’-- it may be that during the test, you did not reach full max. As such, they would have used your test-date max to estimate %, thus giving the arbitrarily high %estimate. Its happened to me-- for some reason as yet undefined, my HRmax was 10bpm lower on given test day than it usually is. If I used that HRmax to calculate my LT, I would also get an estimate of 95%HRmax, but I know it is lower. Could this be the case?
Brent F – nice site. I wish I could reach those numbers! My VO2 is about the same as the guy’s, and he was nice enough to do all the calculations/inputs for me. I see you on the ‘this of course assumes a lot of training’ and raise you ‘as well as some pixie dust’.
Francois-- on that note, V02 varying between disciplines, have you found that you get a different reading depending on how much time/training volume you have spent on the particular discipline before the test, or are your VO2 values for biking/running always the same span apart? Ie, if you spent most of your time on running, and neglected biking for a while, do you think those numbers would reverse?