Turbo training and rpe

simwilli
simwilli Posts: 36
edited November 2012 in Training, fitness and health
When i train on my turbo i find my legs
really screem and my breathing rate is high
but my heart rate pretty low. i struggle to get my
heart rate above zone 3 but my legs and breathing
rate feel like i'm working much harder. should i just
work off rpe or keep using heart rate?!

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  • ajmitchell
    ajmitchell Posts: 203
    your description sounds like training at too high an intensity for short periods, HR lags behind output for about 5mins.
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    RPE is better than HR, Power is better than both (IME)
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    I'd trust HR over rpe in this case - if you can't get your HR up on the turbo then you probably just find it harder to motivate yourself to work hard on a turbo.

    Yes HR lags behind effort etc etc but that would be the same on the road or turbo - it wouldn't explain why you can get a higher HR on the road than turbo.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    He's probably just a trainer noob. I bet he's done less than 5-10 turbo sessions recently. That's just how it feels till you adapt to riding it regularly.
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    My HR is lower and RPE is higher for a given power on the turbo compared to on the road. I think that's not unusual.
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  • bigpikle
    bigpikle Posts: 1,690
    RPE is poor for indoor sessions - heat, lack of wind, less distractions, no junctions and easier coasting sections etc all make it feel harder than it is. As said it also takes time to get used to it.
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    At first I found that fit a given HR/RPE the turbo was far harder but eventually that gap closes...
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Bigpikle wrote:
    RPE is poor for indoor sessions - heat, lack of wind, less distractions, no junctions and easier coasting sections etc all make it feel harder than it is. As said it also takes time to get used to it.

    Heat is one of the reasons why HR isn't good for indoor training either..........

    FTR, I find 20mins @ tempo much, much harder on the turbo than 90mins @ tempo outside (using power).

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