As the title says. How many power zone is appropriate? I see there are 5, 6 and 7 power zones. I asked the question of a trainer and all I got was it depends on your goals or what “you” are trying to accomplished, yet that person did not elaborate. So, I responded that I don’t compete and just t…

The Levels for Dr. Coggan are some of the more common references. [image] Power Training Zones for Cycling Setting the correct cycling power zones is critical to improving as a cyclist or triathlete, as explained by Dr. Andy Coggan in this comprehensive guide to setting zones. E…

According to Dr. Coggan, there are 7. 1 - Active Recovery 2 - Endurance 3 - Tempo 4 - Threshold 5 - VO2Max 6 - Anaerobic 7 - Neuromuscular TR workouts use 7 zones as well but add Sweet Spot in between Tempo and Threshold and combine Active Recovery and Endurance. For most of us, there is no…

And when I was typing I thought…Chad will have found the blog/podcast references already…

[image] Methodical: How many power zones? Too Many!

Thanks all. I will go do some reading now.

You forgot Dr. Stephen Seiler’s three zones. I love the three zone model. It’s so easy to train by. Zones are an interesting academic exercise but your body doesn’t know the difference between 86% and 89% even though TR might call them separate zones. The adaptations are going to be the same.

wrote a blog on that. Know Your Cycling Power Zones: Which Should You Use? | EVOQ.BIKE Let me know what you think, thanks! Brendan

I can’t figure out if my garmin power zones are configured right to match TR? [image] Could someone post their setup?

[image] Mirror TrainerRoad from phone to smartwatch? For outdoor workout TrainerRoad Software It’s easy to put TR workouts on my Garmin Edge 520 if I decide to do a workout outside. Only takes a couple minutes to do this in Garmin Connect. For example I did Geiger+2 outsid…

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