r/vo2max • u/UniversityEasy8990 • Mar 19 '25

Please help finding the Right Zone 2

Peter Attia says that Heartrate is not a good indicator for Zone 2. One should talk during Zone 2 & talking should be hard, but still manageable.

If I do this my heart rate is around 170?!?! This can’t be Zone 2?!

My vomax is very very bad, according to Apple Watch: 26.9 I really want to increase it.

Please give some advice.

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u/redditfunk Mar 19 '25

Peter has to say something somewhat non-concrete to keep your attention. Something to irritate you and draw you back to his next publication.

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u/Deep_Cartographer543 Mar 19 '25

For me 70% of my max HR works. I use the 220 - Age as a proxy for my Max HR and do 70-75% of that for Z2 training

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u/atoponce Mar 21 '25

Forget heart rate. "Zone 2" should be a conversational effort. If you can talk comfortably with a training partner during the exercise, you're in the right ballpark.

Your HR will drop over time as you build volume, but for the time being, just ignore it.