Power meters or riding by feel, what’s better for training? I love my power data, but some just go by vibe! Do you need tech to get faster, or is feel enough?
I ride 5 days a week and one day of strength training for a total of 12 hours of ridding and an hour of strength training. I tend to do 50% sweet spot training 40% zone 2 and 10% Vo2 max or threshold training. What do you think of this type of training. I heard 80/20 is not as good for time crunch ridders.
I am except for my FTP, but as far as my average speed and durability I can tell a difference. My A race this year is 131 miles and almost 11k of climbing. This is what I am thinking that would help me the most. If anyone knows a better way to prepare for it i would like to know.
As an avid but older cyclist at 72 I have found an overwhelming amount of resources to learn how to train better or get a better FTP or how to tweak my bike to save 3 watts but very few resources to cater for older cyclists who are prioritising exercise and social interactions over pure performance. I would be interested to hear as to what your priority in this regard. I would like to see a set of radio buttons in our profile set up allowing each rider to select what their priority is. Indicate your main reason for cycling: ( ) performance ( ) health and fitness ( ) fun and social interactions This would allow us to find and filter the cyclists that we may relate to best. I can see how this would be very helpful once more cyclists sign into this app.