Heart rate increases with heat… Keeping in zone 2 is a fair bit harder when it’s hot - presumably if you’re out of zone on a hot day, you’re still out of zone?

Hmm, I’m mostly training leg muscles. And organizing training so I consistently do it. Maybe I’m doing it wrong.

I find that over time I adjust every summer and hr stays a little lower. Having said that, I freeze my insulated water bottles and try to leave at civil twilight to keep the heat as low as possible. That does mean I’m usually in bed by 9pm on weekends though.

[image] CaptainThunderpants: Simple. Use power Very hard as nothing is flat here… It’s all rolling hills.

Early makes a difference for sure…

[image] Dknotty: presumably if you’re out of zone on a hot day, you’re still out of zone? Again I think it helps to think about what you are training and why. Yesterday I did a hot and slow 3.75 hour ride, kept it easy because I didn’t want extra recovery from the heat to impact tomorrow’s ha…

Haven’t listened to this yet: [IMG_2590] FWIW my coach works for FasCat.

I listened. Not a bad pod, but it’s not really anything new if you’re familiar with FasCat. TLDR is “we give you workouts with zones and we also tell you to get outside and ride”.

Interesting idea… To enjoy the outside rides more. I quite like zone 2 at the moment, work has been OTT busy so great not to have killer recoveries. But when things quieten down I will want to get back to faster club rides.

“Go ride your bike” from another coaching company: [image] knock power down a little if its hot and you aren’t heat adapted. Add time or late accelerations to close the gap on load: [image] 62% IF instead of 70% IF? 144TSS instead of 172 TSS? Good enough and I’m at -2 TSS for the week so I pres…

Zone 2 and heat

Training

HLaB June 4, 2023, 6:06pm 10

I think in general you are better to keep power for intensity (Z3,4,5 etc) and HR for Z1/2. I think its been discussed a few times on this forum. A quick search brought up Zone 1 & 2 rides by HR

Topic		Replies	Views
What is my HR zone 2? Training	51	6945	July 14, 2022
Zone 2 training. Power vs heartrate Training	48	44079	December 5, 2024
Why does my zone 2 performance suck? Training	33	5899	July 21, 2020
Zone 2 Power vs Zone 2 HR (Should I increase power to move HR to Z2?) Training	67	7125	April 18, 2023
Train to power or heart rate Training	30	1572	February 11, 2024

Zone 2 and heat

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast

We Are Here to Help!

Zone 2 and heat

Related topics

Get Faster with Adaptive Training

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast

We Are Here to Help!