Zone training help, please

Just figured out the hearts are likes, lol.

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Gonna try the epic ride again next Saturday, but not try to do it as a zone 2 ride.

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Thanks! Will see how long it takes for change.

Gonna try singing 99 Bottles of Beer during my next zone 2 ride. May have to wait till wife is out of the house. Dog will just have to suffer, lol.

Canā€™t the dog sing with you?

Couldnā€™t sound any worse, lol.

i use the robopacer named maria for zone 2 riding (YMMV). if you focus on trying to stay right next to the bot, itā€™s both more interesting of a ride and more likely to keep you in the zone you were trying to attain. iā€™ve also found that even if maria is going up and down hills, if i focus on staying right next to her i average out to zone 2 over the whole ride. (ie, my HR might come up a bit during an uphill, but it goes back to zone 2 once itā€™s over)

Hmm, I am not sure if I can stay with Maria for a long zone 2 ride. Which is why I mentioned testing robopacers for zone 2.

Like I mentioned, gonna try Miguel first for the 25 lap volcano circuit badge. If that seems too easy for zone 2, I will move up to Maria.

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Thinking of using descending interval training, like described here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Filippo-Vaccari/publication/343586562_High-intensity_decreasing_interval_training_HIDIT_increases_time_above_90_dotVO2peak/links/5f3b8722299bf13404cd60ca/High-intensity-decreasing-interval-training-HIDIT-increases-time-above-90-dotVO2peak.pdf?origin=publication_detail&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uRG93bmxvYWQiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbiJ9fQ

Anyone here have experience with this?

I can sing while holding 150 watts, and I sound like I am doing something a bit strenuous. On the other hand, first time my puppy has heard me singā€¦she ran and hid, lol.

Think Miguel is right for zone 2 for me as I was in the vicinity of 1.7 w/kg most of the time.

I belive this is what zone 2 training looks like.

Was a rider doing a workout (got screen in front, right?), who helped me pace. Wish I could have given him a thumbs up. Anyway to do it after the ride?

Why couldnā€™t you give him a ride on during the ride?

After the ride, you would need to find him on the companion app and then give him a ride on.

Canā€™t reach laptop.

OK, just gave ride on, I think, in companion, thanks!

Maybe I need to mount my phone somehow.

BTW, practically fall off my bike trying to activate power ups, lol.

I got the big mouth (new user) award for March. :sunglasses:

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definitely! lots of options for handlebar phone mounts out there.

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