Setting Max HR on intervals ICU

[gregor]

I would add these two answers from a heart rate discussion thread:

Heart Rate Discussion

Heart rate is not supposed to be used in isolation, but rather along side RPE and Power as a measure of what’s happening inside. Power is mechanical, while HR is biochemical, and RPE is subjective. If one of them is off, eg. HR doesn’t get up to an average of 90% of maxHR (the range could be 85-95%) of any of the threshold intervals, yet you are pushing the power, it could be a sign that you need to back off due to fatigue, or the onset of fatigue. Also, maxHR will decline with age, but not 1bp…

Heart Rate Discussion

AeT / Zone 2 based on the speech test as detailed by Iñigo San Millán [1]. I do this regularly on Zone 2 rides. Observe power and heart rate to get a good feeling where AeT occurs. For longer rides of 2h+ my average power will end up about 10% below AeT. I try to keep all efforts during such a ride below AeT. Sweet spot / Threshold based on FTP obtained by a ramp test, irregularly confirmed through Kolie Moore’s baseline FTP test protocol [2]. VO2max work, ideally you should go by feel,…