AllAboutRides Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Hey everyone, So after I did W2W last year, I haven't spend much time on my MTB....my peak season at work started so needed to get back in the routine! From W2W until now, I did a lot of running and swimming, but we all know you can't compare that towards cycling. Did a MTB ride this morning with AVG HR of 160bpm.....jeeeeez that was k@k!!!! I assume I must start with slow base rides or just get time in the saddle again, but what is the best possible way to bring down AVG HR ??? Training tips and suggestions welcome. Sorry if there is already a thread like this, so your welcome to point me in the right direction. Happy cycling !!! ;-)
'Dale Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Are you going at e.g. Zone 2 effort, and you HR involuntarily zips up to Zone 3?Then you must go see the doc Did you have a triple espresso just before hitting the trails?That can spike the ol pomp
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Breathing properly, as well as fitness. Welcome to my world, where 160bpm is low.
Jurgens Smit Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Hours and hours of mind numbingly boring zone1-2 intervals.I do them on the IDT 1:30 HR stays between 100bpm and 130bpm. You do a 10 min warmup, then you just spin away for the rest of the 1:20 remaining at that HR intensity. Also those nice and long 4hr rides at around Aerobic Endurance zone - Tempo zone To give you and example I did a 4hr ride this weekend (1542m elevation, 105Km, IF at 0.88) and my avg HR was 156bpm
Kranswurm Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Stop breathing?I had an op on Friday and while they were taking my heart rate a blood pressure I tried it and stopped breathing a few times.Def dropped the heart rate
AllAboutRides Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 Are you going at e.g. Zone 2 effort, and you HR involuntarily zips up to Zone 3?Then you must go see the doc Did you have a triple espresso just before hitting the trails?That can spike the ol pomp Just checked Garmin Connect; Zone 1 - 5:48minZone 2 - 10:43minZone 3 - 32:07minZone 4 - 29:13minZone 5 - 1:14:26min (jeeeeeeeezzzz) UNFIT!!!!!!!
AllAboutRides Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 Get fit.... Good luck man. That's the obvious thing to do
AllAboutRides Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 Hours and hours of mind numbingly boring zone1-2 intervals.I do them on the IDT 1:30 HR stays between 100bpm and 130bpm. You do a 10 min warmup, then you just spin away for the rest of the 1:20 remaining at that HR intensity. Also those nice and long 4hr rides at around Aerobic Endurance zone - Tempo zone To give you and example I did a 4hr ride this weekend (1542m elevation, 105Km, IF at 0.88) and my avg HR was 156bpm Thanks! I don't have a indoor trainer so Wattbike at the gym it is then, difficult to ride that Zones when out MTBing (just for me)
Bateleur1 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Just checked Garmin Connect; Zone 1 - 5:48minZone 2 - 10:43minZone 3 - 32:07minZone 4 - 29:13minZone 5 - 1:14:26min (jeeeeeeeezzzz) UNFIT!!!!!!! How were these zones defined? Default values from Garmin?
shaper Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Thanks! I don't have a indoor trainer so Wattbike at the gym it is then, difficult to ride that Zones when out MTBing (just for me)Not difficult, just ride slowly, ignore race snakes and ignore the urge to go quickly... set a HR alarm on your garmin so that it beeps at the upper limit... hear the sound, hit the brakes, slow down, bring HR back into the zone
Halfdoesyn Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Best get your real max heart rate in stead of the 220 - age formula, if you have not done that already. You might be genetically predisposed to a fast heart rate. Then define your zones.
ChUkKy Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Hey everyone, So after I did W2W last year, I haven't spend much time on my MTB....my peak season at work started so needed to get back in the routine! From W2W until now, I did a lot of running and swimming, but we all know you can't compare that towards cycling. Did a MTB ride this morning with AVG HR of 160bpm.....jeeeeez that was k@k!!!! I assume I must start with slow base rides or just get time in the saddle again, but what is the best possible way to bring down AVG HR ??? Training tips and suggestions welcome. Sorry if there is already a thread like this, so your welcome to point me in the right direction. Happy cycling !!! ;-) This should help bring down the HR
Veebee Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 how to bring it down = spend a few hundred hours in the saddle.
fanievb Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 160, so you warming up then? Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk
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