I think this is to account for practical things like having to stop at traffic lights or intersections. Hence, the time spent pedaling is not 1:20 hours for the “average” person, but lower, the extended length accounts for that.
If you’re already riding pretty chill 1000 hrs a year, I’d gut a MV or LV plan and just do the higher intensity workouts from it, like 2-3 a week.
I just do whatever Chad tells me to…
There are days to work hard. Petite is my chill day. I usually spend the ‘extra’ time stretching and core work out while letting my legs relax.
Every time… Without failure… That I do pettit, my fitness numbers go down… Specially in garmin…
Today it said I was -6 for performance condition and now I’m unproductive…
Why?
My hr is not elevated…but I suspect garmin expects to be much lower … Piss me off
lol I hear that. I did get baseline today (I did Beech for recovery week). I’ve never bothered looking, but is garmin firstbeat stuff just HR or does it correlate to power at all?
I’m not sure, but I think is hr mostly
Here you go:
I guess first beat doesn’t like when the hr and the power zone don’t match…
My hr is usually high even on low power…which is probably a problem on wo like this one
Have you tried upping the workout intensity to 150%?
I’m a big fan of Pettit outside. Just focus on keeping constant pressure on the pedals, keep cadence nice and constant 90-95, position myself well on the bike. All those things make me a better cyclist. At 90 minutes there’s gentle fatigue there but nothing too taxing.
I’ve felt this way before. Funny, I could have wrote this. But lately, when I’ getting close to toasted, I love to see it show up on my recovery weeks.