Cycling Training With Power vs Heart Rate
As a Cycling Coach I often get asked if it is better to train with power or heart rate and what the difference is. Of course I always say it is better to train with power. But why? And is it really that simple? When I first started being coached by Matt Bottrill back in the early days of his coaching career I was training on heart rate. Power meters were more expensive then and not as commonly used as now. Training to heart rate was a revelation to me and it is fair to say th