Boris Bajic
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VamP said:The issue is core temperature not dehydration, without having air blowing over you as you would get outside, your temperature will increase, when your temperature increases, HR will be higher for the same power output, i.e. you will not be working as hard (at cycling) as you may infer from your HR. Further to this, RPE will also be increased, again, you will not be working at the same capacity as you would otherwise assume.
The issue is that it's impossible to achieve the power outputs that you can achieve outdoors if you are overheating. This in turns means that you don't train at the appropriate intensity, even though you feel that you are. All depends on how much you value the time spent on the training and what your goals are.
These are interesting responses; thank you.
I imagine (but have no real clue) that the icrements discussed here are marginal. If you could see me in the (plentiful) flesh, you'd realise that I ride to counteract the effect of cake, not to win the TdF. I do the odd TT with modest ambition and equally modest results.
My sons train vigorously, but although one races he really uses cycling to improve his fitness for other sports.
I am interested by what you both say about fans. Am I actually wasting a significant amount of my effort by using a turbo sans fan?
Am I limiting the incremental benefits or gains, or am I still making the same gain but producing lower figures for that session?
I ask in a state of massive ignorance. I note that elite athletes deliberately train in sub-optimal conditions for absolute performance (altitude and similar). Their performance during those altitude camps is greatly compromised, but their performance on their return to sea level is enhanced.
Is the lack of a fan on a Turbo in this territory or are my sons and I really just huffing and puffing for the pleasure of sweating?
I know people who talk a great deal about optimum this and optimised that and energy gels and professional bike fits and carbon cages, but I find that some of them weaken on ascents where even I with my great mass and old-world thinking have little difficulty.
Again, a serious question.