It’s hard to be motivated for a low intensity base-building turbo session. Here’s a challenge to add some interest and focus…
Pick a day between now and next Sunday for a turbo/spin session; with the temp still ~0 it’s a good time for it. Set a personal target HR. For a Z2 effort I’d suggest 85% of your current LTHR (I can give you my estimate of your current LTHR). Do an hour on the turbo and try to stick to the target HR. When you’re done let me know and I’ll analyse your ride. The aim is to get the tightest HR distribution around your target level. In the calculation, I’ll discard the first 10 minutes of the hour so you can set your Garmin going straight away.
Visually, you’re looking for the histogram, which will look something like this, to get as narrow as possible:
Top tip: Although this isn’t a power challenge, using a power meter will cause your Garmin to sample more frequently so you’ll get a more sensitive, less blocky HR reading.
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