Fitness gone kaput.......

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

A dropping HR at rest is an indicator of fitness improving, funnily enough a dropping MHR at perceived max effort is also an indicator of improved fitness.

Resting HR is under 50 bpm.. I am 37 years old over weight cyclist..

 

[Citius]

I have a max of 195 bpm in all out effort.. And now I am getting to tops 180 and legs quit on me... Pushing as hard as I can.. I know is not an everyday thing to reach your max... but I am getting issues getting to where I can consider a tempo effort and to hold it there..

Your MHR will not have changed that much. If it was 195 previously, then it will still be within a few beats of that now. Whether you can still hit it as easily as you did before is another matter..

 

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

Your MHR will not have changed that much. If it was 195 previously, then it will still be within a few beats of that now. Whether you can still hit it as easily as you did before is another matter..

I will try tomorrow at the end of my ride.. There is a hill where everyone goes really quick.. Will try to stay with them.. That would do it..

 

[albion]

I have not cycled for near 12 months but what I can say is that I was always going somewhere. Going somewhere always meant a new bit of exploration whilst along for the ride.

It is part of the very same reason why I am taking a break. Do you simply need to be going somewhere?

 

[Citius]

I have not cycled for near 12 months but what I can say is that I was always going somewhere. Going somewhere always meant a new bit of exploration whilst along for the ride.

It is part of the very same reason why I am taking a break. Do you simply need to be going somewhere?

But this is the 'training and fitness' forum - not the 'going for a nice bike ride' forum.

 

[albion]

Nothing amiss with shoving 2 or 3 20% hills into the route. I certainly did, though that is par the course for West Durham.

Why get bored out of your brain doing the very same route time and time again?

 

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

Well after today's ride I see a 191 bpm mark... But when I went and took a closer look at the data I see that the max was 185 bpm.. To be honest I didn't go all out but was a steady effort

Here is the link to the ride from today.. If you want to look at it.. CX bike and big chain ring all over the place.. https://www.strava.com/activities/409916868/overview

 

[Citius]

Not really sure what you are trying to achieve. Hitting MHR should not be an objective in itself.

 

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

Not really sure what you are trying to achieve. Hitting MHR should not be an objective in itself.

I am not trying to get anything.. I was just checking with you all if it was a sign of getting better or worst.. The HRM just came up..

 

[screenman]

Unlikely to hit MHR after a long ride where fatigue has started to set in.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Resting HR is under 50 bpm.. I am 37 years old over weight cyclist..

Remember when my resting rate was 42 now sits mid 50s . But now becoming an old git

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I have a max of 195 bpm in all out effort.. And now I am getting to tops 180 and legs quit on me... Pushing as hard as I can.. I know is not an everyday thing to reach your max... but I am getting issues getting to where I can consider a tempo effort and to hold it there..

Sounds like you're tired, when I was doing a manual job and on the turbo in the evening I would find that if I had a heavy day at work I was struggling to get the heart rate up whilst on the turbo, I would then walk away and have a break from training.