On a more relevant and less futile issue, I have been wondering about what I can do to improve my sustained power while keeping my heart rate within limits?
After 4-5 months of chasing
@BILL S and
@Add up Alphe d'Huez, etc. I was able to sustain around 300 Watts on a KICKR (so probably more on a Bkool), but after a year not cycling, and now that I have to keep my heart rate below around 150-160, I have to back off to around half that (or less), and anything sustained over 10% is pretty much ruled out. I'd like to get up the hills around here to get access to the longer rides beyond them, hills like the Merry Harriers, which is around 1.3 km and sustains 12-14%, so I need to strengthen my legs, and improve the efficiency of my cardio vascular system.
Two years ago, when I was Active 10, I could ride up that hill gently with my heart rate around 145-150 (chatting to my Wife and her friends), so it should still be possible, if I can get fitter/stronger. Also, my resting heart rate had fallen into the 40's but now is back around 70 as it always used to be.
So I need exercises or cycling routines that will strengthen my legs and increase my FTP,
but without exerting myself. High intensity training is just too dangerous for me.
I have also been thinking about cadence, as I know high cadence is a way of transferring effort away from the leg muscles to the cardio vascular system, and this worked well for me in the past. However, it seems that high cadence increases the heart rate, so logically, if I train at lower cadence could I reduce my heart rate and hopefully strengthen my leg muscles?
Anything that puts up heart rate or blood pressure must be avoided, but it would be nice to be able to ride up the middling climbs, even if at a more moderate pace than I used to manage.
Geoff
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. Then you can join lbhifi, myself and others in wondering why bkool reads 10-30 watts more most of the time 
