Can an Indoor or Outdoor Cyclist measure their power using only Heart Rate? I personally find it hard to believe, and yet CycleOps says their new PowerCal will do exactly that. Now if I had seen this advertised on some late night infomercial I wouldn’t have given it a second thought, but CycleOps is one… 
Tag Archives: Heart Rate Training
Tech Tuesday – Measuring Power Using Heart Rate?
Using your Heart Rate Monitor as a GPS, not a speedometer.
Reaching the end of the MS150 yesterday Amy commented to me that she was still relatively fresh and willing to go longer… which was the exact opposite from last year when we arrived completely trashed at the end of both days. I was in complete agreement and began to wonder why I too felt great at the end of 150…
Heart Rate Monitor Survey – Early Results
Thank You to the 354 of you who have completed our survey! It is greatly appreciated. Because I chose to keep the survey anonymous, if you asked me to contact you I don’t know who’s who. Please contact me directly. My goal is to collect 1,000 responses. If you haven’t yet, so please take two minutes…
More on ZONING – the video!
In this post I mentioned that I was using a Blink Heart Rate monitor because I can’t see the numbers any more. It’s flashing light shows me when I’m below JRA ( T1 or aerobic threshold), between T1 and T2 (T2 is anaerobic threshold) or above T2. Very simple. I like simple when it comes to…
Our Tools (Part 1): Killer Calories
Here is Tom Scotto’s first post in his official capacity as a Master Instructor here at ICI/PRO – Indoor cycling instruction keeps progressing and improving and so do the bikes we ride. Today, many of our indoor bikes have more than the ability to add and remove resistance. Bikes are now providing us with cadence,…
Great video for a 20 minute threshold test
I used Epic Planet’s video Epic Acadia this morning in a class I subbed. Because these early AM people are very committed and they all understand the value of Threshold based training, I knew I could lead them on a ride that included a 20 minute climb at (or very near) Threshold. The first 30…
ICI/Podcast #128 – Introducing Threshold Field Testing to your class with Karen Bernardo
ICI/PRO Member Karen Bernardo is the owner of Carpe Diem Fitness and Wellness in Mississauga, Ontario Canada. Karen taught a Threshold Field Test with great success in her Indoor Cycling class. When she sent us an email describing the full classes she had and how helpful it was to her students, our first thought was;…
220 – Your Age = Crap
Paul Camerer, AKA Pink House, is walking proof that (220 – your age, shoe size, mailing address, phone number … or anything else) will not give you an accurate Maximum Heart Rate number to base your training zones. Paul is 91 (92 this December) and regularly rides at 30 or more beats above his “Age…
How antihypertensive medications may impact your student’s training.
“Help! One of my Indoor Cycling students told me that he is taking meds for his blood pressure, and he’s asking questions about what this means for his training. I have no idea! What should I know about this?” – K.P., Phoenix, AZ Melissa Marotta writes: Since ICI launched its medical research column, we…
Watt Is Power?
Watt Is Power? Or rather what is power? With a title like that, we could be here for days. Perhaps a better title would have been: What Is Power As It Relates To Cycling or even more to the point would be: Training on Indoor Cycling or Spinning® Bikes With Power. But as you see,…
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