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Beech is 60 minutes of aerobic Endurance riding spent somewhere between 65-75% FTP.
Endurance workouts are aimed at improving your aerobic power production capabilities in a steady, low-stress manner.
By training your endurance muscle fibers to better utilize oxygen to metabolize fat as fuel, your muscles can spare sugar stores for more intense efforts.
This long/slow approach to fostering aerobic capabilities is the lighter, kinder alternative to high-intensity repeats, but both approaches target many of the same adaptations.
Zone | Zone | Duration | Duration | Percent | Low | High |
0 | Coasting | 00:00:03 | 00:00:03 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
1 | Active Recovery | 00:03:34 | 00:03:34 | 5.7% | 1 | 117 |
2 | Endurance | 00:47:17 | 00:47:17 | 75.5% | 117 | 161 |
3 | Tempo | 00:09:03 | 00:09:05 | 14.5% | 161 | 187 |
| Sweet Spot | 00:00:02 | | 0.1% | 187 | 201 |
4 | Threshold | 00:00:01 | 00:00:01 | 0.0% | 201 | 225 |
5 | VO2 Max | 00:00:00 | 00:00:00 | 0.0% | 225 | 257 |
| Anaerobic | 00:00:00 | | 0.0% | 257 | 3000 |