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Originally Posted by MauleM5-235
When the HR is up throughout the workout, but the work produced is comparatively poor, you know you are over-tired, over-trained, sick or some combination. Knowing that is invaluable because continuing to push then is not productive other than to show you can push through pain (which in itself is important). I spent many years over-training. The key is to find the balance between over-training and not pushing hard enough. To really nail that balance a Heart Rate monitor and a way to measure the work produced (the monitor on a Concept II erg works perfect for that) are necessary.
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Been there and done that for way too many times training and racing for over 15 years. There were many good days without feeling like that also. I am a little pig headed and still believe in getting in shape by suffering through racing and training like a mad man. My old school methods. It worked for me over the years, but that was a time when I had nothing going on but ride all day, everyday of the week. I did have a little bit of a rest day here and there. Now that I have no time, so I need to make the best of it so I can finish the ride with my local hammer heads. They are killing me, they always have. This getting old stuff doesn't help. I would lay off the bike during the winter and run instead, and train like mad for three weeks, and hang with the big dogs now, I have to put in three months three days a week just to finish the training ride deal last on the last hill. All the up hills, I feel my heart beating out of my chest and I keep pouring on the power and find myself going backward away form the group. I hate to finish last
, really hate it, because I use to be the guy tightening the screw, turning on the pain giving it to them when the road starts to get steep
. I know how a HRM is beneficial to my overall training, but need a simple easy to read one and don't care about the ability to log info onto my computer. A quick glance on my wrist and I am good.
