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Hello Reader,
A question I often get is:
Should I use pace, power or heart rate to guide my training sessions? This topic is being discussed currently on our new forum so I thought I'd expand a bit.
As so often is the case, the answer is, it depends. Context.
Let’s start with a bit of background and some general rules on when and why you should choose heart rate, and when and why you should choose pace or power for your training session to get the most out of it.
This subject falls in alignment nicely with a new Athletica release you can find in your settings page. Here you now have the option to automatically sync your bike and run workouts to Garmin in three different ways in accordance with your preference:
The Athletica Smart Coach option follows the guidelines mentioned above, with sub-threshold workouts pushed to guide you by heart rate and threshold workouts and above pushed to guide you by pace or power. I’m using the Smart Coach option myself.
Let me know what you think.
Train smarter, not harder,
Paul Laursen, PhD
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