Originally Posted by
Allegheny Jet
One workout was to ride up a hill for 1 min, 1.5 min, 2 min, 2.5 min, 3 min, 3.5 min, 4 min, 4 min, 3.5 min, ... back to 1 min with 5 min recovery between efforts. We were supposed to hit Zone 5 at the end of the reps. On the shorter reps you wont see Z5 since the rep is complete before the HR gets up there.
In your experience, how long do the reps have to be before you see Z5 on your HRM? I've been trying to add these kinds of efforts into the mix (50-60rpm at ~2min/rep, Friel's F3 workout, I think). Once in a blue moon I'll see Z5, but usually I max out right around LT, and those suckers hurt!
One of these days I'll have to try your pyramid style.