This seems odd....
I am doing a Spinervals workout and my cadence is very similar to those on the DVD. My heart rate is usually in the 140's and I really have to move say fast Cadence 130 plus to get my heart rate to 150's (mid). Many on the DVD's have a much higher heart rate.
Then the is a portion of the video that has you soft peddle to bring your heart rate down, I do this and my heart rate drops to 120's. And pretty quickly.
Some days I will do two sets of Spinerval DVD's, one at 2:45PM my lunch break at the gym and another around 7PM at home. Today was my rest day so I just did the running on the cross trainer or what some call the elliptical at the gym for 40 minutes and burned something like 510 calories. Basically running non stop.
I don't have a power meter, do most training at gym or at home on trainer. How do I know what kind of shape I am in? How do you know when you are ready for a group ride? Can heart rate indicate if you are in shape?
I thought if you were a couch potato any exercise would raise your heart rate to 180 plus and cardiac drift might keep it rising after that flight of stairs. And because you are out of shape it takes a long time to come back down.
Mine seems to be just the opposite.
I love to do the Spinervals DVD and Spinervals Iron Girl ones. I have no issue with Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced workouts.
How do you measure your fitness level?
Trek 7.9FX
Garmin 705 with Heart Rate
Bill
I am doing a Spinervals workout and my cadence is very similar to those on the DVD. My heart rate is usually in the 140's and I really have to move say fast Cadence 130 plus to get my heart rate to 150's (mid). Many on the DVD's have a much higher heart rate.
Then the is a portion of the video that has you soft peddle to bring your heart rate down, I do this and my heart rate drops to 120's. And pretty quickly.
Some days I will do two sets of Spinerval DVD's, one at 2:45PM my lunch break at the gym and another around 7PM at home. Today was my rest day so I just did the running on the cross trainer or what some call the elliptical at the gym for 40 minutes and burned something like 510 calories. Basically running non stop.
I don't have a power meter, do most training at gym or at home on trainer. How do I know what kind of shape I am in? How do you know when you are ready for a group ride? Can heart rate indicate if you are in shape?
I thought if you were a couch potato any exercise would raise your heart rate to 180 plus and cardiac drift might keep it rising after that flight of stairs. And because you are out of shape it takes a long time to come back down.
Mine seems to be just the opposite.
I love to do the Spinervals DVD and Spinervals Iron Girl ones. I have no issue with Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced workouts.
How do you measure your fitness level?
Trek 7.9FX
Garmin 705 with Heart Rate
Bill