HR aerobic training for the Swim
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Although i do all my bike and run training with a HR monitor and know all my thresholds from multiple VO2 tets, in the poll I work off of preceived exertion. The pool is all about long swims or interval workouts based on time and distance for me, all done below AeT, so it's all aerobic.
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Tikal Dog posted 1 year ago.
I have been using my HR on the pool for quite some time know.
Based on Mak Allen´s training plans he requests to obey your zones in the pool aswell. So I try to stay in my aerobic zone determined by his method until I can actualy get a VO2 test.
And I have seen the difference. I went slower at first (i´m not a very good swimmer) and after some time I could swim faster and mantain a lower HR. I guess the theory is the same. Your body should not work diferently just because you are in water, or should it???
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glbrum posted 1 year ago.
regarding the wheels, you'll feel faster because you have the wheels which will cause you to ride faster. You'll be faster non-the-less.
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RV posted 1 year ago.
I thought Friel indicated as a rule of thumb that the bike is 7 beats lower than the run and the swim is 7 below the bike.
I would be a little concerned riding on wheels that I hadn't used previously, just because of the handling characteristics of areo wheels in varying wind conditions - especially in cross-winds.
Those are fast wheels tho!
RV
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harryjpowell posted 1 year ago.
Well the Dr. that did my VO2 testing said they typically see and use 8 to 10 bpm lower on the bike than their run in actual testing of people. Maybe thats just a bit more conservative than the 7 but either way their very close.
As for the wheels thanks for the feedback and I should have 2 or 3 days before the two events to put a few miles on them before hand to get acclimated, I think that will be plenty unless theres a Hurricane next year lol. Then again I may just like them too much and buy em after the first event - pocketbook OUCH!
Thanks again
I know from my VO2 testing my running Aerobic Threshold is 159 bpm, coresponding to a 149 ish on the Bike. My question is while im swiming what should I use, as getting to 159 and holding that seems like quite a bit more work than running but maybe its just the added difficulty of breathing in the water.
Also has anyone rented wheels from Race Day Wheels.com. I just reserved two events a 1/2 IM an IM FL and wondered if anyone else had any feedback on what I should expect as an improvement soley from a stock Cervelo P2C on reg wheels to the bike on Zipp 808's
Thanks