Maffetone/Allen MAF tests

Triathlon Forum
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Hey there. I have a couple of newb questions for the Maffetone gurus.

I’m wondering for those of you who use the Maffetone/Allen/Kearns, etc. method, when you do your MAF testing, do you test SBR all in the same week? Also, I don’t have a computrainer and I live in Colorado so no flats, so I did my bike test today as an 30 min TT on a rolling/generally uphill course which has no lights and I can easily duplicate. I used the Maffetone HR range and recorded my power and figure I would be able to see improvement in my power numbers over time on the same course regardless of weather, etc. Also, on the swim, I was planning on doing a 1000m TT at a tempo type HR perceived effort and go from there. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Veto

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Use the search function. This has been discussed quite extensively (how-to, when-to, but above all, how valid the approach is). You’ll get
all the info you need.

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Well, I did a search before I posted and while there is a great deal of discussion about the method, I could not find an answer to my question about whether to perform the MAF test in each discipline in one week. Sorry if I missed the info somewhere.

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Given the low intensity of a MAF test, there is nothing that prevents you from testing all 3 disciplines the same week. Now, what information this will give you, that’s another story…