I am an endurance cyclist. I like the long, double century type gravel grinders like Dirty Kanza the best, but I will do paved road rides too. I have been training for these and other shorter events that are coming up this spring and summer. I’m following the recommendations presented by Coach Ch…

I found this very interesting. I don’t have anything to add that hasn’t already been said, but I would like to know what comes of this. Be sure to post what you find out from your stress test.

[image] KorbenDallas: One thing I have to ask, and this sounds stupid, but, are you training near some high tension power lines by chance? Nope, I’m my basement in a residential suburb of Detroit, MI. I use a KickR unit that ants with my laptop computer that sits on a shelf next to my bike.

Ok cool. Just ruling that out as that situation always spikes readings. Usually higher but, just checking.

[image] This is Mist +2. As you can see the peaks are all at or slightly above 200. It takes the entire recovery period to settle back down. But I do after each interval recover all the way back to around 100 +/-. My cadence is at least 85, MPH over 19 and the watts during the interval is like …

I can have similar readings and my heart rate can sky rocket to over 200 on some high effort rides. I have had some tests and they have told me (ECG) I have ectopic heart beats which are extra ones. If I wasn’t wearing a HR monitor I wouldn’t know it was that high…it would feel hard work but doable.…

That looks like a fairly normal HR behavior for that kind of interval to me.

your chart doesn’t look like a bad HR monitor. But, those are big swings. How high did your HR get during your FTP test, 240s? When I do under overs I get to threshold HR at the end of the set; I still have 15ish beats to go to max.

[image] Westonite: How high did your HR get during your FTP test, 240s? When I do under overs I get to threshold HR at the end of the set; I still have 15ish beats to go to max. It was similar, 224 bpm when I did the ramp test.

IDK anything, but how does your HR react to a VO2 set? I only ask because if your shooting up to max during TR efforts maybe your FTP is set too high?

[image] [image] mortonspoint: Recovery is quick and I drop back down to 100 in no time at all. Ok, after looking at your graph, I see by “quick” you mean about 5 minutes, lol. I was thinking 1 minute. Your HR monitor appears to be functioning normal although your HR reaches pretty high. You…

Heart Rate (HR) vs FTP, which drives the bus?

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generally very good, however I do have issues once or twice a year when its cold & dry. The issue lasts for about 10-15 minutes until I start sweating, or moisten the contacts on the strap, or avoid the problem by applying a small amount of electrode gel to the strap’s contact pads before leaving for the ride.

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