So in September I used to do my easy work on the bike with both HR and power. At x BPM I produced y W and I was a happy Joe Athlete. My HR strap started acting out on me so I decided to give it a well deserved winter break. Kept my easy rides at y \pm 20 watts depending on the day and didn't think too much about it. Anyways, after some ridiculous improvement in the top end workouts over the winter I decided to get a gauge on my HR for the easy days. Turned out that my HR was waaaay too low at y \pm 20 watts. Thing is, now that I increase the watts, my legs aren't super happy about it. 90min at x BPM now is tough. Not that I can't do it, but I don't recall easy rides being that hard in the past. So after that biography, my questions finally arrive:
1) Should I follow HR or W when doing easy rides? I have not done an FTP test for quite some time.
2) Could my Power meter be off? Or my HR monitor? Im on a wahoo kickr with a Garmin 520 and a Garmin strap.
y has increased more than 35%, which I find weird to say the least.
1) Should I follow HR or W when doing easy rides? I have not done an FTP test for quite some time.
2) Could my Power meter be off? Or my HR monitor? Im on a wahoo kickr with a Garmin 520 and a Garmin strap.
y has increased more than 35%, which I find weird to say the least.