Does the new algorithm care about HR?

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I did Volunteer tonight. Marked it as Easy, as it obviously was.

But my HR was ~10bpm higher than previous iterations.

Not because I’m fatigued or ill, or because my current FTP is too high, but simply because I used a rocker plate for the first time.

Will the AI gods penalise me?

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n=1 but have been doing heat training work where the HR is 30+ BPM higher for given power and have not seen it effect the next days so long as I “Lie” to the AI and mark it easy. It was easy from a power POV lol

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We use HR data, but if your power data and RPE surveys are accurate, then I wouldn’t worry. :+1:

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I stopped using HR going into this season. I found mine to be too variable, and because of that too much of a mental stressor. However this is after 5+ years of training experience so I wouldn’t recommend it to any beginners.

So yeah, +1 for Power & RPE both being very important !

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