Can someone please explain in simplified terms what EN1, EN2 and EN3 actually mean?
Experienced thoughts on how often each system should be trained?
For someone who swims mid-long distance freestyle, which energy systems take dominance, if any?
(clearly I'm lost!)
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Originally posted by gull80
Another way to define this, using heart rate:
En1: Max HR - 30-60 bpm
En2: Max HR - 10-20 bpm
En3: Max HR (which you can calculate by 220-age)
This is surprising. Based on this calculation, no part of my routine workout would ever fall even in En2 (180 - 10 to 20 = 170 - 160). My heartrate goes to 155 for some brief period (155 being about 85% of max at 40 years old). Most of my workout time is spent in the 135 to 145 bpm range. Maybe I need to reevaluate my workout levels.
Originally posted by gull80
Another way to define this, using heart rate:
En1: Max HR - 30-60 bpm
En2: Max HR - 10-20 bpm
En3: Max HR (which you can calculate by 220-age)
This is surprising. Based on this calculation, no part of my routine workout would ever fall even in En2 (180 - 10 to 20 = 170 - 160). My heartrate goes to 155 for some brief period (155 being about 85% of max at 40 years old). Most of my workout time is spent in the 135 to 145 bpm range. Maybe I need to reevaluate my workout levels.
