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Re:What, Me Exercise?: The Hacker Exercise Regime by Alex3917 on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @09:00PM (#1453763)
"working out at a fixed % of AT will make sure you cross over into anaerobic everytime. That is true."

No, that's completely false. It doesn't even make sense.

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Re:What, Me Exercise?: The Hacker Exercise Regime by wdewind on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @09:30PM (#1453828)
If that fixed % breaks your AT it does. Which is what happens if you lift heavy weights with a decent speed right?

If not please explain, I'm a bit new to the concept.

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Re:What, Me Exercise?: The Hacker Exercise Regime by Alex3917 on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @12:16PM (#1455329)
Let's say your anaerobic threshold is 190bpm, and you are working out at 155bpm. That means you can never go over your AT by definition, since you are always changing your pace to keep your HR fixed at 155. Essentially the longer you work out the slower you go, so that your heart rate never increases.
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