Originally Posted by
ldesfor1@ithaca
There are those of us who seem to be able to "push" our lactate threshold up by doing longer workouts in
the 88-94% range. This is refered to as Sweet Spot Training (SST) as Waterrockets already noted. A 1x60 @ 89% or a 2x30 @ 90% would be a typical workout. SST tends to be a bit easier on the body than pure LT work.
Some of us respond well to work between 95% and 105% of LTP, otherwise called "subthreshold, threshold or supra-threshold" workouts. These might be the classic 2x20's @ 100% or 3x10's @ 102%. For many of us, these workouts are super-tough as we're right on the rivet for long periods of time. Lots of effort, and for some, lots of reward.
For me I get the best results with a combination of "push" and "pull" with probably 80% push and 20% pull. But like you say, everyone is different and they need to fins out what works for them and the time constraints they work under.