Zone 2 is poorly defined (in the sense that it has many definitions that aren't terribly consistent).... snip ...
Also surprised that walking with weight qualifies as "zone 2," which per the summary I read means you can carry on a conversation but only with difficulty. I briskly walk my dogs while wearing a weighted vest on hiking trails and that definitely is not zone 2 for me, except on steep hills.
Peter has a video where he shows you himself doing Zone 2 training:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RqY5EY ... terAttiaMD
His heart rate is between 137 and 142 and he's putting out 225 watts. Walking with weights is unlikely (I think) to get your heart rate to 85% of estimated max.
I tried to understand Zone 2 and HIIT training a while back and wrote up tentative results here:
http://mistybeach.com/mark/ExerciseNotTraining.html
I *think* that Zone 2 is a lot harder than many people think it is. But I'm not an expert.
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