A number of my winter and spring rides will follow a heat adaptation protocol to prepare me for long rides in the heat so my heart rate will be unusually high on endurance rides.
Is there a way of telling TR that a session was part of a heat adaptation protocol so it doesn’t think my form has suddently slipped?
Thank you.
Similarly, I do loaded bike touring so sometimes put an extra 40lbs on my bike for outdoor rides. Anything I can tell TR plan about these to help it know what is going on? Thanks!
As of right now, we don’t have any heat training tools built into TR.
If you’re doing heat training, I’d recommend choosing a workout that will keep your HR around LT1 or the top end of zone 2. If you’re simulating warm conditions this might be something as “easy” as a recovery workout.
In addition, I’d focus on hitting the power targets and keeping a steady HR. The correlation between power and HR will be skewed a bit during these sessions, but that’s kind of the point.
Just do your workouts as you normally would, for now, I’d say!
As always with heat training, be careful and be sure to consult a doctor before doing any of this stuff…
In this type of case, you’re usually going to have to work harder to move that weight around. If you have a power meter on your bike, that will be obvious in the data, but if not, just rate the ride how it felt afterward.
This is a bit different because your power (or effort) is still tied to your HR as it normal, whereas during heat training your HR is much higher than it typically would be for that given effort.
Gotcha that makes sense. Thank you!