Training zones of the pro's...how to know you are training in the right ''zone''

[rebekahkeat]

Today Scottie and I were riding home from track, we were discussing earlier in the week about several age groupers asking us questions about what ''zone '' we were training in that day or what was my ''perceived exertion'' ? Oh my god my answer to that (as it was a 30 min time trial set by boss) ...''I dunno it was F..... HARD''
I dont want to ruin my and Scotties idea on 'zone training'...yes ofcourse I know what it is,I studied 4 years of Exercise Science! ....Most of us know exactly what 'heart rate zone' we are in without wearing a heart rate monitor.I guess that is workings of having a coach who pretends to be non-scientific but really knows more than any leading sports scientist!
So im leaving it up to Scottie for  our decription of our perceived heart rate zones!

[Scott DeFillipis - "Scott D"]

Well I will tell you this...I must have been in at least Zone 4 on the track this morning thus causing me to fall asleep after only to wake up and find that Bek has hijacked my post

With out further ado.  Here is what we have come up with..

Zone 1: Hard
Zone 2: This F#ing hurts
Zone 3: F#ck my life
Zone 4: My eye balls are about to pop out
Zone 5: You've just sh#t yourself. (Rumor is Doc hit this zone a few years back with a maxed out Heart Rate of 240)

[cervelo-van]

What, no fat-burning, conversational pace, Zone?

You guys need to think of your career after winning Hawaii. When you create your new and exciting and so easy it can be done in 5 minutes infomercial exercise proram with free Video, you gotta have the fat burning zone!!!

[doc]

hey cervelo van
we do have the fat burning zone
they call it
the fat bastard  coach burning our arses off