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The method behind the bands

Diastra draws three training bands from one number, your max heart rate. Each edge comes from published lab research on real people.

This page lists every edge, the study behind it and how far a single runner can sit from the research average.

The methodHow Diastra draws your heart rate bands, and the study behind every edgeWhere Diastra's Easy, Threshold and VO₂max edges come from, how it finds your max heart rate, and how far one runner can be from each edge.