Power meters, Heart rate monitors etc

not sane

Am I the only one who trains without any gadgets etc except for a speedo. Never seen the return on the investment particularly for Power Meters for amateur racing. Could never get into Heart rate monitors except for use on turbo (necessary evil). I just go out and blast it for a couple of hours and enjoy every minute.

Junior

And at what level do you compete ?

Lumen

A speedo is excessively technological.

I use perceived effort combined with a stem mounted sundial to record my training load, and write a log on the bleached concrete of my training sanctum using my own blood as ink.

petethedrummer

Can't beat a compass to tell you what way you are facing. I have a compass in my pocket right now. Well I did. I took it out. I'm facing southwest.

In my very limited experience I've only seen heart rate monitors used as an excuse not to push yourself. Bleep bleep bleep.... oh i better slow down... yous go on ahead.

Raam

I'd love a powermeter. Someone give me one please, thank you.

petethedrummer

I know I'm awesome, I don't need to a power meter to confirm it.

kincsem

not sane wrote: »

Am I the only one who trains without any gadgets etc except for a speedo.

In before the mankini jokes.

ednwireland

Lumen wrote: »

A speedo is excessively technological.

I use perceived effort combined with a stem mounted sundial to record my training load, and write a log on the bleached concrete of my training sanctum using my own blood as ink.

i would pay to see that

but speedo made me think of this



god i wanted one of those

not sane

ednwireland wrote: »

i would pay to see that

but speedo made me think of this



god i wanted one of those

When I meant speedo I was refering to the above none of this wireless crap you see now. I'm not an A4 and am over 40 what difference does it make anyway all those new yokes are a gimmick.

manwithaplan

I don't even use a bike.

A0

not sane wrote: »

Am I the only one who trains without any gadgets etc except for a speedo. Never seen the return on the investment particularly for Power Meters for amateur racing. Could never get into Heart rate monitors except for use on turbo (necessary evil). I just go out and blast it for a couple of hours and enjoy every minute.

That's fine if you are not into this but manage to get proper training done (improving, not overtraining, etc). I think it's good to have a basic HR monitor to check, every now and again, if you are doing your key sessions at the right HR zone. No need to have it on all the time and become addicted to it
Same with bike computers (wireless stuff is good!), that's good to know your speed and distance covered.
Both HR monitor and bike computer guide you so you know where you are and can increase your weekly volume and intensity little by little and... improve!

Cookie_Monster

I like that feeling of knowing the pain in my chest is due to my high heart rate and not a heart attack, that why I have a hrm.

not sane

In fairness I've tried the whole HRM thing. Used it once in a race and the HRM cracked me more than the race.

A0

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I like that feeling of knowing the pain in my chest is due to my high heart rate and not a heart attack, that why I have a hrm.

No, the pain in your chest is due to respiratory muscles fatigue not high heart rate... but you're getting there

A0

not sane wrote: »

In fairness I've tried the whole HRM thing. Used it once in a race and the HRM cracked me more than the race.

I agree, that's why I said in my previous post to not use it all the time, just key sessions. I don't use it when I race but I found useful when you do a long distance event (Wicklow 200 or other) and don't know the route to have a HRM to prevent to go above where you should be for a long race, so you stay in the "green zone" but then one could argue that if you know yourself very well on long distances you don't need a HRM. Overall, depending on how it's used, it can be a good tool but shouldn't become something you (we) are addicted to

Cookie_Monster

A0 wrote: »

No, the pain in your chest is due to respiratory muscles fatigue not high heart rate... but you're getting there

A0

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Oh, i knew... mine was too.

Yours in sport :-)
The sarcastic