Okay, given the above, I agree with the former, not so sure on the latter. I'd say 8-10 hours a week is a moderate training volume, would you agree? In that context, it would seem that a lot of people in the know and getting results (Matt Bottrill being one example) aren't shunning the L2 work even with a moderate training volume
I have in the past been an advocate of "tempo or nothing" but am beginning to question it.
You may need to set your targets in conjunction with the Dryes my doctors told me to lay off the strenuous exercise as my heart (because of its stenoisis) has to work harder to achieve the same result (he said this in much vaguer terms)
But what does that mean/?
at present I'm trying to stay under 140bmp when training which according to my heart rate stage is stage 4 and in the green zone (my max heart rate is 168-172 based on an adjusted age system )
and I do struggle to keep it under 140 - but is this right - I have no idea.
Hmm. In my opinion most that are new to training don't try hard enough.