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000152001 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1123/ijspp.2024-0303
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000152001 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0455-6172$$aSitko, Sebastian$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000152001 245__ $$aWhat is “Zone 2 Training”?: Experts’ viewpoint on definition, training methods, and expected adaptations
000152001 260__ $$c2025
000152001 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000152001 5203_ $$aBackground: The role of high-volume low-intensity training for enhancing endurance performance has gained growing interest in recent years. Specifically, so-called “zone 2 training” is currently receiving much attention, and many propose that this is the target intensity at which a large proportion of total endurance training should be performed. However, despite the popularity of this concept, there is no clear consensus among coaches, athletes, and scientists regarding the definition of zone 2 training. Purpose: This commentary summarizes the perspectives, experience, and knowledge of an expert panel of 14 applied sport scientists and professional coaches with the aim of providing insight and a basis for definitional consensus on zone 2 training. Moreover, potential training strategies at this intensity are proposed, and the expected physiological adaptations when exercising at this intensity and related research gaps are also discussed. Results: Experts reached consensus that zone 2 training should preferably be performed at intensities located immediately below the first lactate or ventilatory threshold through continuous, variable, or interval-type sessions. Furthermore, experts expected a broad range of central and peripheral adaptations from zone 2 training. These expected adaptations might not be unique to zone 2 and could also be induced with sessions performed at slightly higher and lower intensities. Conclusions: This commentary provides practical insight and unified criteria regarding the preferred intensity, duration, and session type for the optimization of zone 2 training based on the perspectives of acknowledged sport scientists and professional coaches.
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000152001 700__ $$aArtetxe, Xabier
000152001 700__ $$aBonnevie-Svendsen, Martin
000152001 700__ $$aGalán-Rioja, Miguel Ángel
000152001 700__ $$aGallo, Gabriele
000152001 700__ $$aGrappe, Frédéric
000152001 700__ $$aLeo, Peter
000152001 700__ $$aMateo, Manuel
000152001 700__ $$aMujika, Iñigo
000152001 700__ $$aSanders, Dajo
000152001 700__ $$aSeiler, Stephen
000152001 700__ $$aZabala, Mikel
000152001 700__ $$aValenzuela, Pedro L.
000152001 700__ $$aViribay, Aitor
000152001 7102_ $$11006$$2245$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería$$cÁrea Educación Física y Depor.
000152001 773__ $$g(2025), [4 pp.]$$pInt. j. sports physiol. perform.$$tInternational journal of sports physiology and performance$$x1555-0265
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