Originally Posted by
TMonk
Well, trying "hard enough" is a personal decision, and I'm not sure if amount of sweat produced indoors when there is no cooling airflow is a good indicator, certainly not in my experience.
Also, you may have a high tolerance for pain, and be quite fit (you should race bikes!), but I guarantee you that you are personally capable of putting yourself through immense pain on a bicycle, certainly more than "no pain whatsoever"
I've done that to see how much I can do in that time, legs felt like jelly when I got off and I ended up taking a PTO the next day. I know my limits. What I'm trying to say is I'm just doing upkeep.
I meant to hit 150 BTW.... jeez guys
And yeah I know of the 220-age formula, it's right in front of me every minute I'm on the damn thing.
Here's one from just today anyhow
And some more:
I've got a bunch more.