The Emergence and Benefits of Zone 2 Training with Paul Laursen

Zone 2 training has been all the rage lately so WHOOP VP of Performance Science, Principal Scientist, Kristen Holmes was joined by author and endurance coach Paul Laursen. Paul is the Co-Founder and CEO of HIIT Science, the Co-Founder and Head of Product for Athletica, and co-host of the Training Science Podcast. Kristen and Paul will discuss how Paul got started training and teaching, the relationship between the cardiovascular system and the nervous system, defining the different training zones, creating a weekly program with cardio zones, staying balanced with your training, autonomic recovery and Zone 2 as an active recovery tool, how Zone 2 can be linked to hormone levels, Paul’s paper on metabolism and burning fat, the best medium for Zone 2 training, training for longevity and VO2 max, and how Paul thinks about sleep with his athletes. Follow WHOOP Website: www.whoop.com Instagram www.instagram.com/whoop Twitter www.twitter.com/whoop Facebook www.facebook.com/whoop Listen and subscribe to the podcast Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0yFoBge... Google https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Timestamps: 0:00:00 Paul Laursen 0:03:05 How Paul got started training and teaching 0:06:15 The relationship between the cardiovascular system and nervous system 0:10:50 Defining the different training zones 0:25:40 Creating a weekly program with cardio zones 0:29:10 Staying balanced with your training 0:31:25 Autonomic Recovery and Zone 2 as an active recovery tool 0:37:33 How Zone 2 can be linked to hormone levels 0:41:30 Paul’s paper on metabolism and burning fat 0:47:15 The best medium for Zone 2 training 0:50:15 Training for longevity and VO2 max 0:52:05 How Paul thinks about sleep with his athletes