Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekigm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!tekigm!kenf From: kenf@tekigm.UUCP (Ken Ferschweiler) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: SPRING TRAINING Message-ID: <288@tekigm.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 11:19:22 EST Article-I.D.: tekigm.288 Posted: Mon Mar 4 11:19:22 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 03:48:55 EST References: <141@cylixd.UUCP> <468@hoxna.UUCP> Reply-To: kenf@tekigm.UUCP (Ken Ferschweiler) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 21 Summary: In article <468@hoxna.UUCP> kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) writes: >One solution is to get a heart rate monitor and make sure you do >some work. Ask you doctor what a reasonable max. pulse would be >(it varies with age and physical condition) and do some sort of >intervals with you max. pulse as the "on" goad. The monitor is a good idea, as is the doctor, but I would strongly recommend against riding intervals at the start of one's spring training. Going all-out at your maximum heart rate before you have built up a good aerobic milage base is an open invitation to injury. (This applies to running as well.) To get going in the spring, most bikers like to spin; that is, keep your pedal cadence at above 80 and keep your heart rate at 65-85% of maximum. This keeps you from injuring your knees by pushing too big a gear before you've worked up to it. Personally, I don't think 80 rpm is really fast enough for this sort of work; racers often spin at 120-150, but most of the books say >80. Covert Bailey's "Fit or Fat" has a good guide to figuring out what your aerobic heart rate should be. Ken Ferschweiler ...tektronix!tekigm!kenf