Suunto ZoneSense
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@jussim I would say the graph looks pretty good relative to your effort (outside of that first spike)
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Interesting read from Marco Altini’s blog:
https://marcoaltini.substack.com/p/q-and-a-what-are-your-current-thoughts
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@Francesco-Pagano Oh, thanks so much for this article. I use Marco’s app but I haven’t noticed this opinion.
Well that could explain why in my personal case the ZoneSense is probably useless (or there could be possibly other reasons of course). I have a hard time trying to interpret results.
For me all the thresholds computed by the ZoneSense are way too low (sometimes even comically, like 30 beats under the lab measurement - measured with the H10 belt).
For example I spent 40 minutes around 165bpm and I get a LT 152 or something like that. That’s not possible I suppose:)
Even knowing that zones are shifting from day to day I am not sure how to work with it or what to take from it. There were a few times when it showed something that could make sense to me but… it’s not reliable for me to use it in a real time to guide my effort.
And I also wonder about the names of the zones… Why is the second zone called ANaerobic (without oxygen) and another zone called VO2max (like maximum oxygen uptake)? Wouldn’t it be better to call the zone moderate, or tempo, or threshold… I don’t know. It would make more sense to me
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@Francesco-Pagano Curious to hear @Brad_Olwin’s thoughts on that article. For me, ZoneSense has been a game changer. I’m 50 years old, and it’s helped me a lot with RPE, controlling my training, and avoiding overtraining. I can say that I’m training more intelligently and have seen a real boost in my fitness.
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@iterumtenta The article doesn’t say it doesn’t work. It just explains that it can’t work for everyone—like most things in sports physiology. Those static thresholds are likely based on some standard distribution, so it could work for the majority of users. However, for some individuals, it would need to be adjusted to better reflect their unique physiological characteristics.
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@Zdeněk-Hruška Thanks for the precision! I’m pretty new to this world, and ZS been invaluable for me.
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@iterumtenta Glad to read that you’re having great results with ZoneSense. So far I found it quite useful, too.
When it was launched I was just starting a base-building period within my running training. I chose to follow it blindly and see what it does. I had to adjust a little, making my easy runs even easier, and so far I have never reached a stressed, over-trained state despite of the high volume. Could I push a little bit more to increase my aerobic capacities? This I will never know.What the article points out is that for most individuals, DDFA is not a reliable enough indicator of metabolic thresholds, and that was written by someone who had previously sponsored those metrics to the point of building his own app for DFA analysis. This means that people like me will probably never get an estimate of LT1 and LT2 thresholds from ZoneSense (so far I got aerobic threshold - when it’s reported! - ranging from 129 to 149, really??)
As I said, I enjoyed using it for aerobic capacity training so far, though I would probably know myself how not to push too hard. When I start adding intensity training in two weeks, I will find out more. -
@Francesco-Pagano Just regarding the calculated thresholds - you should treat them like you would the trimp, epoc, vo2max etc for a run in that they are for that run. As the app says, if that run felt “normal” then the threshold suggestions can be used as an indication of your “normal” thresholds for setting HR zones but ZS is expected to fluctuate with stressors such as fatigue, illness, work/life stresses etc. on a daily basis.
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Yesterday I had a strange issue with my zonesense: the timer of the 3 zones was regolarly running, but the earth rate indicator has been green for 2 hours without moving.
This was really annoying because it was difficult to find if I was in aerobic/anerobic/vo2max zone.
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@gliuk have you had target zone (HR/pace/power) set? I had similar issues when tried to use the two features together.
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Ray (DC Rainmaker) is currently testing Zone Sense - I’m really looking forward to the results
