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Hello,

In the RowPro training programs they have training zones named easy, slow pressure, tempo load, power shift, Max SS, starts. How do/should the target heart rate zones compare to UT1, UT2, AT, TR, AN? For example, during the active rest between intervals should the HR zone be about UT2? Thanks,

Dave

Not sure on intervals, I never do them really its all steady state 30 minute stuff so the top line of your result is your "Average" HR for that row so I use that number.

Perhaps the closest I get is the 4 x 2000m on a Tuesday, but there is 4 or 5 minutes rest between the rows so its back to just using the average for each of the rows. Each row has an increasing average HR, despite the rest period at even a constant pace/spm for each row.

You could still just use the overall average for intervals, after all its just "Relative" number to use from one day to the next. It its doesn't feel like its in that "Band" by being to hard or two easy then just adjust the pace. I think you will find that intervals elevates your average heartrate when compared to a steady state row of the same average pace of your intervals row anyway, the body doesn't like the "Sprints" regardless of the active recovery periods.

The six rowpro names presumably correspond to UT3, UT2, UT1, AT, TR, AN.

The bands most in use on the erg are UT2, UT1 and AT, corresponding to up to 60, 70 and 80% of 2k Watts and ratings 18-20, 20-24, 27-28.

Slower is used for warm-up and recovery, faster to reduce training volumes and so rest before racing and also to practice starts and sprints.

What we do in rests depends on their length but it's possibly best to stay hot whatever. Up to 1 minute anything goes, but one reads of even 5 minutes rest, where doing nothing means we restart if not from cold, well out of HR band. The Interactive rule was let HR drop to 100-110-120 according to the type of training, then go.