How many times per week do you ride in Zone 2?

Well said. Too often people want to go hard because they feel like they are being lazy or aren't getting important fitness by staying in Z2. So wrong. They call it "base training" for a reason! No base, nothing else is going to work. Great advice for taking advantage of this kind of training using Zwift!

I just use a custom workout zone 2, turn on erg mode and then watch some youtube

Thank you so much. I'm new to zwift. I'm used to staying within zone 2 and 3 on the road. But I've had rides on zwift so far and I've gone over my max hrt rate. Thank you for showing me how to stay within my zone 2 watts and het rate.

Very helpful - FTP test helped to find my rough zones, then Zwift workouts / you can create customs workouts with ERG mode on for zone 2 - helps with peddling.

I use the colour graph ribbon along the bottom of the screen on free ride which shows you which zone you are in ie blue= zone2 I find it easier to maintain a steady pace

Thanks for the pace partner tip Calvin. Are you targeting 200W for your Z2? What % of ftp? I'm hoping to do blood lactate soon, but doing 67% of ftp in the meantime, and using the "conversation method" for what it's worth.

If you drift out of your zone two ride for a short while you haven’t ruined the ride! Zone two is great, but sticking to very tight power bands isn’t the be all and end all. If the overall normalised power is zone two, that’s good enough. Do you stick to a rigid power band when you race? Probably not. One of the fundamentals of training is specificity, sticking to tight power bands isn’t specific.

your looking at this from the wrong way. Z2 training is not about fat burning. Z2 is about improving the mitochondria, to process fat and especially lactate aerobically. Z2 is the range where the mitochondria are stressed optimally, and lactate is at or below LT1. fat loss is not the same as fat burning. carbs are chains of carbon, fats are chains of carbon. you will lose fat is your carbon intake is below your carbon (dioxide) output over a period of weeks. by riding at the upper end of Z2 over many months, your power at LT1 should rise, although all within the ceiling of your V02 max. even at sleep we burn 60% fats 40% carbs, so what happens when we pedal?

Hey, I am new here with my Indoor trainer. Did an FTP test and got my Power zones, but when I am riding at Zone 2 in Watts my heartrate is much higher than it should be in zone 2. Where does it come from ( which system has a deficit) , and should I train with HR or Watts?

But what if you are coming up on 70 yrs old with a max heartrate of150 or so. Zone two HR (bpm) for you is more like zone 3 for me because my max is so much lower... Should I just pace myself with power and ignore the heart zone? What do you think? Just stumbled on your channel btw and subscribed right away.

Hi, great content! What about erg mode? Would you stay out of it for zone 2 training?

Somedays my Z2 workout doesn't go well and i can only manage about 30 mins...i set my ERG at 180 (FTP 280) but that ERG dont give any breaks...i like the robo rider option for those days