roller training for sportive

John C.

I tend to get out once a week for a session of hill riding around the North York Moors and I try to do two sessions on the rollers of about 3/4 hour per week.
I use a HRM on the rollers, can some one give me a guide to what I should be doing on the roller as there is a lot of conflicting data out there.
I am not as young as I was, nearly 50
My heart rate max is 200
What is the training HR I should avoid ?
what %HR is easy
what % work
what % hard work.

I gather that 75% of training should be under 150 (75%) and I should do some higher .
Any help would be appreciated.

Someone on this forum said they went blind on rollers after a good work out, I was sceptical but decided to give it a go . Wow Great, then I ran off the edge :oops:

bahzob

Massive subject. Loads of other threads on the subject and answers will depend very much on what your current training level is and what you want to achieve.

As a starter most would be doing base training round about now so lots of riding around 65-80% MHR. So thats a start but would recommend you get a book like Joe Friel's Cyclist Training Bible or similar.

Alex_Simmons/RST

Your hours of training are not that high to worry about going easy. If I've read correctly that's 1.5hrs indoors M-F. In that case I'd be riding as hard as you can, at least Level 3, mostly Level 4 and occasionally some Level 5. See here:

http://www.cyclingpeakssoftware.com/power411/levels.asp

HR guidelines are in referece to HR at TT pace.