Watts Doc #15: Heart Rate Or Power To Pace Endurance Rides?

Whether we should pace endurance rides by heart rate or power is a training question where the usual answers lack sufficient depth. In this episode we provide enough context, and an alternative, that you might find the right style of riding for yourself.

Show Notes
High Efficiency of Type I Fibers Improves Performance
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8005729

The slow component of oxygen uptake during intense, sub-maximal exercise in
man is associated with additional fibre recruitment
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14758477