How To Train With A Heart Rate Monitor – Mountain Bike Training Advice
Improve the accuracy and quality of your training by using a heart rate monitor to measure your effort.
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Heart rate monitors are a great – and now a cheap – way of measuring your effort during training and racing. It doesn’t take much to improve your training, and, once you start measuring and judging your effort from day to day, you should start to see the benefits.
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Really useful tips. Thank you
brilliant tips keep it up
awesome video guys !!! i’ve been struggling lately with fatigue and my
blood tests showed folic acid deficiency, and one of its main side effects
is fatigue, so i would advise to check your medical health on occasion too,
i’ve started to take pills for the deficiency and hopefully things will get
better 🙂 again, thanks for the tips and like always keep up the good work
!!
Seeing an exercise physiologist for a cardiac stress test was some of the
best money I’ve ever spent in cycling. Got my VO2 max, zones max HR and
more, eliminated all the guesswork. Cost about $250.
Haha you guys had a bit of a misspelling there at 2:31 XD — complete
became compleate — but it’s okay the video was still great!!
Calling a strap and watch old school is like calling Marc, Beautiful. It
just can’t be done!
I’m happy with my watch that can mount on my bars if I want. my chest strap
can also transmit to my phone. I get roadies using the Garmin tho
Hahaha…nice sneak job on the Garmin advertising. You sounded so sincere.
Most multisport heartrate watches will come with a foam piece so you can
mount it on your handlebar. Plus Garmin sells multisport GPS watches as
well…with foam/rubber handlebar mount…
Awesome video guys! I’ve had a heart rate monitor that’s been gathering
dust on my shelf because I never really figured out how to use it. Now that
I can set it up, it’ll put a whole new twist on my daily rides!
I really like that you guys expressed how much it hurts to do these tests.
Yes, they suck, but provide invaluable data. You should really do a video
on training for XC racing too.
You spelt consistent wrong ;)
Thx for this one. Maybe, I’m going to use the full potential of my Suunto
Ambit3 one day 😉
Could you do a video, about how a enduro race works? I really don’t get the
idea behind the different stages. Does the uphill count, or doesn’t it?
Is there an XC training video in the works?
How widely used are power meters in professional MTB? Thinking mainly
Enduro or DH. I know they’re standard issue on the road. Is there much
worth in the investment as a weekend warrior looking for fitness gains or
the odd Strava segment?
interesting, but you didnt really cover how to train with a HRM, it was
more how to prepare for training with a hrm. Can we have some follow up
that is mtb specific, improving base fitness, pace and flat out speed etc.
Neil doesn’t look 34..
You could also put your watch in your handelbars with an adaptor too
how much are these garmins? pls can i know the prize?
Training with a HRM on a mtb or road bike is difficult because you can’t
always do intervals and hold zones because of the terrain. If you should be
in zone 3 but are riding a long decent you’re going to struggle to do that.
The only way you can accurately train with a HRM is on a turbo or
stationary bike.
2:30 *complete
Do you guys come from the same part of the country as you all seem to miss
out the ‘g’ a lot e.g. trainin’ and racin’?
What is the best bang for buck GPS you guys recommend?
Resting HR is also a good indicator of over training, or susceptiblity to
illness. Essentially listening to your body.By determining an average,of
your resting HR- you can determine whether to take a day off if your
resting HR is elevated by 10-15 bpm. One day off can save you 7 days in the
long run.
Great video, though you could do with a bit of a spell check on ‘complete’
and ‘consistent’ in the on screen graphics (a minor comment).
Love the channel, the skills sections have helped me a lot to become a
better mountain biker, keep it up!
I use my Suunto Ambit watch. I set it and forget it and when I get home I
monitor my stats. After watching this video it makes sense why you would
want it on your bike, thanks for the useful info!