Inspiration
WATTAGE FOR EVERYONE
Example of software for FTP-test.
”Get the most out of your TRAINING”
Watt meters are becoming well known equipment within Triathlon.
But what are the benifits and why even bother?
MICHELLE VESTERBY (DENMARK)
Riding through harsh conditions in Abu Dhabi
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MARCH 2016 · RACEMAKERS
PHOTO
JESPER GRØNNEMARK
In the recent years several
new manufacturers have found
their way to the shelves with
their power meters, and several
in a price range, that makes
it possible for many more to
buy themselves a power meter.
Many dream about conducting, collecting, and analysing
their training, as if they were
professionals. But just as when
watches with heart rate monitors came to be found in every
home, it isn’t enough to just
buy the equipment. It takes
some elemental knowledge to
use and utilize your power meter in the best possible way.
On of the advantages of using a
power meter is that it gives an
accurate and individual measurement of what an athlete is doing
right know. Because of this you, as
an athlete, can from the first pedal
stroke hit your planned training
zones much more accurately.
Therefore, the training can be conducted according to the plan and
the intention because the desired
effect will be measurable in an instant and not with the delay, which
often follows when using hear rate.
When you for example ride in a
given zone of intensity your heart
rate first have to rise and it can
take a while before it hits the right
rate. In this time period you may
have performed out of the desired
zones given power values and by
this affected your body differently
than what was planned.
RACEMAKERS · MARCH 2016
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