Last night because the weather is so bad I dug my Turbo out and used it for the first time in a long time. In an attempt to do some lactate threshold training I found it very hard if not impossible to get my heart rate as high as I would on on the road.
I found my legs struggling before my heart rate got to where I expected to get it, then easing off enough to survive the interval the HR seemed low than I expected. (5 to 10 Beats)
I did do a hard ride, two days ago so i guess it could be that I have not recovered. I am interested in others experiences in using Turbos for Lactate intevals around this issue. I know that if I use the Turbo a very more times and keep track of the experience I will gain information as to my current state of recovery.
Last night because the weather is so bad I dug my Turbo out and used it for the first time in a long time. In an attempt to do some lactate threshold training I found it very hard if not impossible to get my heart rate as high as I would on on the road.
I found my legs struggling before my heart rate got to where I expected to get it, then easing off enough to survive the interval the HR seemed low than I expected. (5 to 10 Beats)
I did do a hard ride, two days ago so i guess it could be that I have not recovered. I am interested in others experiences in using Turbos for Lactate intevals around this issue. I know that if I use the Turbo a very more times and keep track of the experience I will gain information as to my current state of recovery.
Dave
Dave,
no explanation from me, but I also did some intervals on the Turbo on Monday night and found sthe same thing. I hadn't done any hard rides on previous days and really found it hard to get the HR levels I need to for improving lactic acid clearance. I can easily get up to 176 on the road but it wasn't until my 4th 4 min interval that I reached 172? strange......
I think it has a lot to do with the fact that you can't really "stomp" on the pedals, or throw your bike around like you can on the road. In other words, you really can't thrash the bike on a trainer.
Also, you'll never use your arms on a trainer like you would on the road.
Rode a time trial last night, and was able to sustain approx 8 / 10 bpm higher than on the Turbo.Don't believe I am any more or less tired than the night before so the pattern seems to be emerging.
Last night because the weather is so bad I dug my Turbo out and used it for the first time in a long time. In an attempt to do some lactate threshold training I found it very hard if not impossible to get my heart rate as high as I would on on the road.
I found my legs struggling before my heart rate got to where I expected to get it, then easing off enough to survive the interval the HR seemed low than I expected. (5 to 10 Beats)
I did do a hard ride, two days ago so i guess it could be that I have not recovered. I am interested in others experiences in using Turbos for Lactate intevals around this issue. I know that if I use the Turbo a very more times and keep track of the experience I will gain information as to my current state of recovery.
Dave
When you are riding on the road you don't realise how much you use your upper body - mostly to keep your balance. It doesn't take a lot of energy but its enough to take a few heart beats off when you don't have to do it.
It is quite usual to have a lower heart rate (up to 10 bpm) for the same amount of leg effort on the wind trainer.
I agree. I'm a turbo trainer nut before I started hitting the road again (I just wanted to keep up with the guys before joining them so I spent a lot of time on the trainer). I thought my MHR was only 160bpm when since that is how high I can go on the trainer but when I did a club race (circuit style) I was surprised to look down on my HRM and see 170bpm after a field sprint. But I am sure I cannot reach 170bpm on a trainer.
mitosis said:
When you are riding on the road you don't realise how much you use your upper body - mostly to keep your balance. It doesn't take a lot of energy but its enough to take a few heart beats off when you don't have to do it.
It is quite usual to have a lower heart rate (up to 10 bpm) for the same amount of leg effort on the wind trainer.
