Professional Cycling - versus heart rates

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sgrundy
07-28-07, 06:04 PM
Why is it that every time the riders' heart rates dropped to around 115-120 either Phil or Paul would say something like "They're just about at a training ride now."

Is this how people trained in the 80's?

Helmet Head
07-28-07, 06:12 PM
No, that's how the pros train on their 8-9 hour training rides.

What's your heart rate on hour 7?
OrionKhan
07-28-07, 06:15 PM
No, that's how the pros train on their 8-9 hour training rides.

What's your heart rate on hour 7?

Shoot. Mine would be lower than that because I would be in bed sleeping after 5 hours. :D

sgrundy
07-28-07, 06:31 PM
uhh, 115-120

but I'm not a professional. It depends on maxHR, but many touring cyclists could easily ride 9 hours at that heart rate.
reef58
07-28-07, 06:34 PM
It is not about the heartrate it is about how much power they can make at that heartrate.

Richard
sgrundy
07-28-07, 07:02 PM
It is not about the heartrate it is about how much power they can make at that heartrate.

Richard

of course a pro can put out many more watts than me at any given heart rate. however, for each individual cyclist, 115bpm represents a certain amount of effort (more or less, taking into consideration all the environmental effects on HR), and I would think that for most Professionals it's too low for anything except recovery rides. apparently not, though.
asgelle
07-28-07, 07:13 PM
Why is it that every time the riders' heart rates dropped to around 115-120 either Phil or Paul would say something like "They're just about at a training ride now."

These are the same guys who said Contador lost Evan's wheel at the finish yesterday because he wasn't paying attention. They have a lot of air time to fill and aren't always fact checking before speaking.