DFAa1 Ride In the Evening – Did That Improve Monday Night’s Sleeping Pattern?
I Changed my Workout Schedule To An Afternoon DFAa1 Ride Yesterday’s DFAa1 Ride occurred around 4pm. Normally, I ride in the late morning, but I have been multitasking on several fronts, and fell behind. I also did not get to enter in my 60 minutes, instead riding in the afternoon. This was also an attempt […]
Taking a GRADUATED APPROACH TO LOAD
Vasodilation Helps DFAA1 Stay High After yesterday’s poor ride, I decided this morning to take a different approach. On most of the previous rides, I have been using % slope for load, and adjusting intensity based on cadence, gear, and speed. Today, I used raw watts for load, and started off at a very low […]
DFAA1 – Curb My Enthusiasm
I thought A Good Night’s Sleep Would Lead to A Good Ride. My Heart Said Otherwise It’s frustrating – today’s ride started off with the best of intent. However, the FatMaxxer App, monitoring the DFAA1 fractions on my Heart Rate Variability, showed more strain than my wattage allowed. In other words, for the PRESCRIBED Heart […]
First Ride Using FatMaxxer For Aerobic Conditioning
Trying to Keep DFAA1 Between 0.75 and 1.00 Today’s Ride was just the first step in what will arguably be a four to six week effort to establish a BASE of AEROBIC Fitness. I rode just under 60 minutes, and used the information from FatMaxxer to keep my riding intensity at maximum aerobic intensity. Yesterday, […]
What Does All The Data Say??
We Have to Look at the Holistic Picture. I’ve been a Cycling Coach since September of 1993. I started with pace, then heart rate. In 1995 I bought my first CompuTrainer, and learned about LOAD. In 1998, I owned the world’s first TUNE powertap built for mountain bike rear wheel spacing. In 2004, I bought […]
Testing For DFAa1 to Determine Lower Threshold Power
The DFAa1 Ramp Test Helped Me Set A More Accurate Lower Threshold Power The DFAa1 Ramp Test is a protocol that shows cyclists where their bodies begin to change biologically when under strain. It uses Heart Rate Variability (HRV), and I have studied it since at least 2004, when I wrote a pocket book for […]