Kevin Alexander
Veteran
HRM is the right way forward, I still haven't gone to a power meter and I'm at the more "serious" end of the cycling scale.
Somewhere amongst Ajax and Kevin's tiff is a few things worth knowing;
1. wrist based HRMs are notoriously less reliable than chest strap ones, so don't go chasing a high heart rate.
2. Max heart rates vary significantly between people and not only due to fitness and age, some people just have faster or slower heart rates.
3. There are many, many ways to calculate heart rate zones, many people will disagree with me here, but unless you are training for races I would only be concerned about your aerobic zone.
4. If you are embarking on a significantly taxing exercise regime, I dunno like say an ironman event, or if you have a condition of concern, then by all means consult your GP first. Otherwise get out there and enjoy the sunshine.
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No tiff here haha.
Personally I think if you have the money and like numbers and gadget a power meter is a good thing.
HRM for me are questionable if they are accurate but most of the concerns are around wrist based ones so maybe a chest strap will be more reliable.