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The problem is if you cycle with a HR Strap and run with a watch, you’ll end up with really stupid HR data and in turn crazy RE data and HR zone data.
My resting pulse is 40bpm, my Suunto watch shows 86bpm. My all out Max effort bike hr is about 175bpm but running on the watch something north of 220bpm which of course is bullshit -
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For a long time I was very conscious of maintaining my weight and keeping it below 69kg. I was consistently 68.something for 6-7 years prior to getting it down from 80kg.
Over the past couple of years my weight has gone up peaking at 72.something. Loads of reasons, a stomach ulcer and associated meds, change of routine, Covid + ageing.
I used to fixate on the weight as it could be measured against my running times: 500g = 40 seconds- 1 min on a 10k. Seemed to be the rule.
I’ve spent the last year or so floundering with regards to getting the weigh back down. And I have come to a conclusion: the weight is the secondary issue, my focus is reducing body fat (according to the scales that measure this metric).
So my target is sub 15% I set this target when I thought I was >20% body fat. In reality My starting score was 18% so maybe go lower than 15%? Is that sustainable and/or healthy?
A couple of years back while maintaining the 68kg I wasn’t really running or cycling well. I remember joking that my power/weight ratio was shite despite the lowish weight.
Looking now at myself back then I was just light, my body fat was around 17%.
So my new goal is focus on muscle and reducing body fat, but within the realms of cycling and running...I’m still gonna need help unscrewing tight jars