Today I have been wondering if HR and power zones usually align, albeit with different ‘curves’ if plotted on a linear graph - imagining power as a straight line then does HR typically increase at a lesser rate to a certain point then ramp up quickly until max? (Notwithstanding variations to HR cau…

Some existing info worth review (if you haven’t seen it already). [image] Heart Rate Zones (HR) vs Power Zones Training Not really. [Power vs Heart Rate: How Modern Athletes Train] Full blog post (that also includes the video): And older info: Training …

Not seen that before thanks Chad, somehow missed that searching the forum! Everything linked there raises another few questions though. Do we need to, or should we, elevate heart rate to gain ‘fitness’? If so to what level and for how long? Would 90 mins in HR zone 1 still give meaningful fitnes…

[image] Boombang: Reason this is important to me is lack of time. I am doing LV as it is achievable with all the other things going on. That means every second on the trainer needs to offer as much value as possible, be as broad as possible (train every system), and of course not burn me out/lea…

[image] Boombang: Do we need to, or should we, elevate heart rate to gain ‘fitness’? If so to what level and for how long? Would 90 mins in HR zone 1 still give meaningful fitness benefits? Depends on how you define “fitness” - general health fitness or race-ready fitness? Developing any/a…

I’ll stick with SSB1 for another week and see what happens. Did Goddard last night and only just crept into HR zone 2 in the 6 minute SS bits at the end. My HR is tracking my power closely and responding quickly but sitting lower than I have ever noticed. On the ramp test I was just a couple of B…

I’m wondering if doing lots of hour plus walks on holiday did me some good last month? Either that or it was drinking loads of beer…

Some ~90% intervals got the heart moving up to ~78% of max HR. Must just be those first few workouts not having sufficient stimulation to get the HR up.

Just to close this off - I used another battery for one workout and another HRM for another. 90% FTP equals 70% HR. This is the same at 80RPM or 105RPM. RPE is low during but after workouts my legs feel used. Be interesting to see what my ramp result comes out at. I’ve previously been weak aero…

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mcneese.chad March 1, 2020, 9:14pm 2

Some existing info worth review (if you haven’t seen it already).

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Heart Rate & Power Info Training	45	4087	October 7, 2021
HR Guidelines For Training Zones Training	5	623	October 17, 2023
Zone 2 Power vs Heart Rate Training	55	12294	February 27, 2021
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Power based Training vs. Heart Rate based Training Training	8	1029	May 17, 2022

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