Zone 2 is not boring. You just have not done enough of it.
By Rohan S. · Movement coach
If you can hold a conversation, you are in zone 2. Most people skip this and pay for it later.
The hard stuff feels productive. Sprint intervals. Heavy lifts. They have their place. But the foundation that makes them safe and effective is zone 2. Long, slow, easy.
Forty-five minutes, four times a week, at a pace where you can talk. That is the protocol. After eight weeks your VO2 max moves. After twelve, your resting heart rate drops.
“The hardest workouts only work if you have done enough of the easy ones.”
Start tomorrow morning. Forty-five minutes. Conversational pace. Then do it again on Wednesday.
Rohan S. · Movement coach
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