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• Nov 05, 2014

  Visual example of heart rate lagging power in a training plan

  (Click on the image to make it larger) In my training plans I ask triathletes and cyclists using heart rate as their training monitor to begin an interval with a lower, controlled effort and allow heart rate to climb to the range specified in the plan. The reason I request that approach is that heart rate lags power and many times I'm interested in a constant power output; whether the athlete is actually training with a power meter or not. This week I asked one of my athletes to do 60-second power repeats. He executed the workout perfectly. His TrainingPeaks...

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