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What was your HR in that zone compared with old?
You're zones dont just suddenly bump up so it's quite a startle as you're suddenly asking the body to work a lot harder.I'd re test tbh, it's easy and quick. And go from there.
If your threshold is actually 260 ridingat 230 should be pretty easy.
Re test. See what that says and come back.
Then either take a few days off, if you are tired. Or dial back the numbers a little so you can complete the prescribed sessions. The numbers dont matter, the work does. I've all but given up riding to power. I ride to perceived effort now, and power is whatever it is for the energy system I want to target. And I use HR to confirm where I am.
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No idea about HR, I've never had a HRM read correctly. I have a feeling that my arrhythmia confuses all chest straps.
I'm away for the next three days, so hoping rest might help things
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I wouldn't bother retesting. I'd only retest if the value was oddly low.
I'd see how the week goes, drop any sessions I felt useless during and then reevaluate after a couple of weeks if you feel you're digging a hole. I often manually set my FTP in TR anyway as it doesn't take into account anything I'm doing outside and so I tend to have an intentionally lower FTP for TR stuff.You reminded me of the adjuster slider. That's very useful. If you can notch it down 5% and still get through the workouts you'll soon not have to back it off.
TooTallTim
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No work stress as I'm not working at the moment. I'm the least stressed I've been for years, thankfully.
Stages single sided. Ive got no reason to think it's reading wrong. Yeah every zone has been bumped up a bit, Z4 is around 230-240 now and it felt fucking hard work today
EDIT: Z4 I meant, not 3