On training - not racing.
Originally Posted by
Hermes
I tape over the stamps on the weights in the gym so that I do not know how much weight I am lifting. Other members of the gym really hate this.
No surprise the gym technique is similar. The workout does not required knowing the weight. The lifter goes to a fatigue level after multiple sets. I asked my kid how many pull-ups he could do know - he didn't know. He straps weights around his waist and does sets. Max gains for him are in the 8-15 reps. Get beyond 15 reps - add more weight. The gym is not the competition. What matters is stressing the body the right amount to get stronger. That right amount is different based on recovery time before and after. Doing this to a number # X reps is similar to a PM.
Originally Posted by
ancker
Why not just take everything off? No power, no HR, no cadence, no speed, no GPS, no metrics at all. After all, nothing matters other than beating everyone else to the line, right?
That ride 'felt' fast. I must be fast!
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Because we are training feel to time. Those things are removed - except time and speed which on set segments directly correlates to time.
As to why have PMs? Several here have answered for motivation etc. One rides to a number for training.
I understand that folks lift to a weight and rep, or train to a PM number. I'm not knocking that. But we don't and are not alone.
Some body builders do it as do some power lifters (lift to fatigue vs reps of a fixed weight). Phinney has a YouTube video on how he TTs to feel being a "Zen like dude". That is racing, he very well may train using a PM, I don't know. I know others that don't and are not public about how they train. Sagan does lots of gym work to feel and fatigue and that is easy to find.
This is not so odd, except to BF think.