On Apr 22, 6:10*pm, wrote:

I agree with MT Nordic and have some questions, if you don't mind: what
are your goals in doing level 94-96% of max intervals in general and at
this time of the year? How old are you? *What is your lactate or
anaerobic threshold?

Me three.

IMHO those who "must" do max intervals also "need" a coach. For
everyone else, it is probably better to stick to a suitably adjusted
dose of the Norwegian medicine, i.e. those 4 x 4 min (3 min active
recovery) where HR *at the end of the first rep and towards the end of
the next reps* is somewhere between 90% and 95% HRmax and where the
general idea is to do the last meters of the last rep as fast as the
first one.

I believe there is some value in "going for the max" occasionally, but
for most folks that would be maybe once a month in for instance in a
single uphill rep that is just long enough to reach the max - or in a
sprint against your favourite "enemy" in a local AG race:-)


Anders