Is It Better To Use Power Or Heart Rate To Boost Your Cycling FTP

[@jimbouras3842]

Excellent video as always with great tips. Thanks for sharing your nowladge Coach always a pleasure 🙏

[@paulmcknight4137]

Well, back before power meters, we always measured performance with heart rate. The more watts rider puts out, the higher the heart rate. When it goes into anaerobic, rider has eventually to back off to recover. The fitter rider gets, the more watts he can put out at the same heart rates. We called it "raising VO2max," that is, training the slow twitch muscle fibers just below anaerobic threshold. If it hurts, back off just enough go regain form. The aerobic fibers will expel lactic acid. Notice how easy the pros make it look?

[@BulletproofCycling]

Thanks for sharing Paul

[@Tom.Connolly]

Thanks for the show subbed and shared the channel

[@BulletproofCycling]

Thank you very much Tom

[@chrisc7262]

Nice content coach. 👌 I have started cross-training with running, and trying to keep my HR down in zone 2 (as a new unfit runner) requires great discipline, and hopefully, it will improve my cycling. I hope you can sort your back out. 🤞 A question, as we need to be mindful of our whole health picture (nutrition, sleep, stress, etc), do you subscribe to data driven, sleep tracking, resting HR, HRV and readiness scores? 🧐 And further to this, do you use a watch or some other fitness tracker while off the bike? ⌚️

[@kevinhanna6112]

Hi Scott, So chuck the “220 minus your Age” out ? Kevin New Jersey USA

[@HashtagActive100]

Great content as always ❤❤

[@BulletproofCycling]

Thank you 🙏

[@davehughes579]

Hi coach On my last indoor z2ride my heart rate was in the zone but my power zone was in recovery ? 😅

[@BulletproofCycling]

Could be heat related - always check with breathing and RPE but if it continues to repeat then just reduce a few watts

[@polishprince9086]

Coach is a 60 mm stem on an XL Giant road bike fine if you have a short torso long legs ? Thanks.

[@BulletproofCycling]

It may feel twitchy. But if it is needed to make your bike work then it has to do.

[@JB-uv4hm]

Imagine a race car with no tach. That’s the modern power geek who doesn’t know anything about HR training.

[@BulletproofCycling]

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[@MultiEski]

Hello Scott, you are making great content, a loot information and you are funny to 😂 I really like you sense of humour I hope KZbin algorithm will never change you 🫡💪 btw , didn’t know that Scottish people are so funny 🤣 just joking 😂🤭

[@BulletproofCycling]

I appreciate that! The KZbin algorithm does not like me. Haha it must be anti Scottish or the digital brain doesn’t understand Scottish accent 😂😂😂

[@MultiEski]

@@BulletproofCycling 😂😂😂

[@scerni37]

Up for the party. It's in the diary. As to the invite "fck me" I'll pass.

[@BulletproofCycling]

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[@gerrysecure5874]

Better use training than HR or PWR to increase fitness 😅

[@BulletproofCycling]

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[@stephanrossel5905]

Where are you going to celebrate? Mass-cycling to the event?

[@LittleNinjah]

Looks dyed to me Scott

[@BulletproofCycling]

😂😂