Buying a heart rate monitor doesn’t have to be expensive. A cheap heart rate monitor might very likely be one of the best investments in your cycling career. If there was a performance-improving per money index, I guess a heart rate monitor would rank in the top. It is possible to buy quality heart
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Resting heart rate is not always equal to performance Monitoring your resting heart rate is an excellent discipline to integrate with your daily procedures since it can give you some vital information about your fitness. You will start to see a pattern when you have registered your resting heart rate in the morning for a
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What does winter mean to you as a serious cyclist? Curling up on the couch to watch TV? Hibernating until the season springs into life again? Or do you view it as the perfect platform to start preparing for next season? Yes, winter is the time to enjoy a break, have fun and allow your
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Kscheid asked me the following question: “I am interested in knowing a bit more about monitors. I have a heart monitor, which I like using, but I know that there are other monitors, say for cadence and power output. I am not a racer, so I am not sure I would need the power meter.
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Heart rate monitors have been used by all kind of endurance athletes for the last 20 years. Since there is a strong correlation between oxygen consumption and heart rate, knowing your current heart rate is a great indicator of your current oxygen uptake, thus how hard you work. When you’ve used your monitor a couple of times, you will start to notice that you ride with a low heart rate the pace can be maintained for hours. Riding with a heart rate close to your maximum heart rate can be maintained for a limited time only. This is a very short description of why it can be useful to know your heart rate during bike ride. Read the 5 steps for better heart rate monitor training
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