Subject: RE: What's considered an Intense Training Session? Dunno....In my mind, a 'moderate" training session leaves me feeling energized for the next few hours. An "intense" one leaves me feeling tired. Just what number of minutes at what % of max would result in those outcomes would vary depending on fitness, workout specifics, etc.
If you enjoy numerical analysis, you could sign up for Training Peaks. If you input or upload the data, it uses metrics such as average % of threshold heart rate, power, or pace, to calculate training intensity (IF ), and then uses that value plus (times? ) duration to calculate training stress (TSS ) for each session. I would guess that IF is a fairly good gauge of how intense a session was, and TSS of how "hard" it was overall on the body. You can also see graphs of the % of time and total minutes spent at various heart rate or power zones. |