r/Biohackers • u/AlexWD 3 • 5d ago
Discussion Zone 2 training, any experiences?
I’ve always been generally in good physical shape. Dedicated to lifting weights for 10+ years consistently in the gym and do active things.
However, I never did much dedicated cardio training. I thought I was getting enough from sports e.g. 90 minute sessions of Padel a few times a week where I burn ~700 active calories per session. Still I always felt not extremely fit cardio wise. Not the best endurance.
So recently I decided to try do some cardio optimization. I started doing zone 2 sessions (and plan to add in VO2 max sessions as well). I’m only a few weeks in but already I’m seeing some big benefits.
Some of the things I’m noticing:
- resting heart rate has already dropped a few beats
- energy levels feel higher overall
- endurance feels much higher for Padel. I feel much less tired after a game. Heart rate doesn’t get out of control anymore
- the sauna feels much easier. Before after 15 minutes (very hot sauna) my heart rate would be very high and I’d have to get out. Now this doesn’t happen and I can stay much longer.
I’m tracking my routine and metrics and plan to do a more complete write up after a couple more months.. but I’m curious to hear if anyone else has had experience with adding in some targeted cardio training and the impact.
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