Hi All I know people have discussed power vs heart rate endlessly but I still haven’t found an answer to the below question so if anyone who understands physiology better than myself is able to answer this, it would put to bed a question I have had for a couple of years. Question: I am doing Zone…

I have the same issue. Long Z2 rides based on power end up with HR being almost entirely at a zone 1 HR. I have only found as I ride more and essentially get fitter I do find my heart rates drop over time. Intervals.icu had an interesting feature enabling the ability to match you heart rate and p…

@Day I’m reading a white paper case study right now detailing how the geekiest of training science geeks would set up a year long training plan for a masters athlete. It’s a pretty incredible paper…I’ll post about it later this week. You should check out that discussion…not necessarily as somethin…

Interesting topic. I’m doing 4-6h/wk of Lento in the trainer (among other things). The Coggan levels (power, HR) match almost perfectly for me. [image] [image] However, the question still remains if a better use of my time would be to be at the top of Seiler Zone 1, that in my case would be: […

once aerobic endurance is established, I drop the HR cap except when doing easy aerobic work on Wednesday. That is because Tue/Thur are cycling+strength days and very hard. I also did HR cap during the FasCat polarized sweet spot 4 stock plan - in fact they dropped TSS target to force you to think a…

I don’t think anyone really knows the true relationship between training intensity and adaptation, at least not once you factor volume into the mix. At best all there is is informed speculation. Rather than worrying about this question, I would focus on the relationship with performance, which is f…

[image] Day: Last year I made little progress doing the SS base work and then struggled all the way through sustained power. My heart rate maxed out and wouldn’t come down before the second interval blew me out of the water and I had to stop. [image] Day: When it came to Sustained Power, …

I agree, anaerobically gifted athletes can skew FTP high on step test. [image] bbarrera: focus on HR target after a season break (2-3 months of strength work) until aerobic endurance reestablished (for me that was 2 full months Sept/Oct 2020!) power targets in general use HR cap to really keep…

[image] tpower: This is what I was trying to explain in earlier post. Good stuff. This is why sufferfest 4DP is useful. Never done 4DP, really comes down to some basic principles that a motivated self-coached athlete can learn and follow. I really like WKO5 but you don’t need any fancy analys…

@Brennus Fab, I will wait and have a look at that. A guide is always interesting as you pick up tip and ideas of how more experienced people lay out a longer term profile. At the end of the day, I’m in no hurry to get fitter. I know it takes time and commitment so I will keep experimenting and se…

I definitely think the ramp test is generous to my ability. I had a proper ramp test done years and years ago by a professional physiologist and he said something like, ‘Impressive anaerobic ability…pity your so poor on your aerobic capacity’ lol. I felt good about myself until he finished his sen…

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russell.r.sage October 7, 2021, 4:56pm 44

Sounds to me like your FTP is set too high. If your heart rate trends out of zone 2 doing “zone 2” power that’s a sign. Also if build crushes you like you describe, usually means you’re meaning to do threshold, but you’re really dipping into VO2 work, or VO2 work becomes anaerobice.

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