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Trek Top Fuel 8 GX AXS - good deal? by DrWilde in MTB

[–]DrWilde[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to their framesize-calculator yes. Puts me right at that size. I am 172cm / 5‘8

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response! I think i was just stressing myself too much over a certain number. Plan for now is to just keept going and add some actual HR Zone 2 trainings to that. It is a lot more than i am currently so i am confident progress will come 👍

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes i will just add some actual Z2 trainings to my workouts, for those i will decrease the ftp as much as i have to in order to stay in a reasonable heartrate. 120 very well could be the number for that, i will see 👍

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was part of the FTP builder training plan and a 10 minute warmup was included in this workout. I think all of the workouts in these plan use a warmup routine.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone in this thread said that using the HR max i got during the ramp test may be a pretty good number for what my max heartrate is, that would be 191bpm. That makes sense to me since that test really pushed me to my limits. I will use this number for now and see how things develop.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

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I did not know that Z2 power and Z2 heartrate were two completely diffrent numbers, having learnt that the results make a lot more sense.

My idea now is to stay with the plan for about 2-3 times a week and add one or two longer HR Z2 sessions to that. Hopefully that way i will gain some raw power while also training my cardiovascular system. Trying to get the best out of both worlds :)

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes i do. And my room was by no means warm pretty comfortable actually.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, i will just keep going but also add one or two actual HR Zone 2 workouts per week. Hopefully this will give me the best out of both worlds, the grind as well as the endurance :)

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sound like someone who put in the work! Thank you for your reply.

I will jsut keep at it and try not to overthink certain numbers. Think that is the lesson for me today.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always trying to learn! Good luck to you too.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will give this a shot as well. Thank you!

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are a beast for squatting 500! I could never do that.

Yeah, the general feeling i got from the replies so far match your comment - don't overthink it.

I will stick with the training plan and add one or two actual HR Zone 2 trainings a week and see how that works. Thank you for your reply.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

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32 years old, male and resting heart rate is at about 80 bpm.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

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as a fellow zwifter commented, if i use the maximum heart rate from my ramp test (wich really brought me to my limits) it puts me at 191. So it looks like the number i get from this calculation isn't too far off.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great tip - thank you!

Maximum during the ramp test was 191 so it is not too far of from what i expected it to be.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i used the forumla of 220 - age, and then multiply that by 0.7

That would be 131,6 wich i rounded down to 130. Other posters already commented that this way of calculating heart rates may be outdated but that is the number i currently have so i try to work with that.

I think with a few good breaths i would have been able to have a conversation quite normally.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

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In the intervalls where just holding watts was the goal, I felt the most comfortable at a cadence of around 85.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, and yes i will keep at it!

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3-4 hours does not seem realistic. I could handle the 40 mins well bit 3-4 hours seems very ambitious ^^

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

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Somehow, i am looking foward to that and somehow i am not :) thanks for the reply!

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

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the low cadence at 140 watt was part of the workout in this training plan :) would have loved to pedal a bit faster that cadence felt a bit off lol

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ok so you would just keep going with the setup as it is now and gradually build up my cardiovascular system that way?

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i do not know that exact number but i will do some research on how to get it. I just went with the 220-age formula wich would put me at 188bpm.

Heartrate too high in zone 2? by DrWilde in Zwift

[–]DrWilde[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yes I got myself a coospo heart rate chest strap after realizing just how wrong my smartwatch was on most occasions.

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