cycling

3 posts tagged "cycling".

• 30 August 2026

  Your FTP Is an Estimate. Your Heart Rate Zones Are an Estimate of an Estimate.

  FTP is guessed from a short test. Then your heart rate zones are guessed from that guess. Here's why the errors compound, and how lactate testing measures your zones directly.

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• 1 August 2026

  FitnessCheck Comes to Heathwood Swimming and Triathlon Club in Cardiff

  We're bringing lactate threshold and cycling testing to Heathwood Swimming and Triathlon Club in Cardiff. Cycling tests open from 26 August 2026, with swim-specific testing to follow.

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• 29 July 2026

  FTP and the Female Cyclist: What the Standard Training Numbers Get Wrong (Both Ways)

  FTP and percentage-based zones were built largely on male physiology. Recent data shows they overestimate women's sustainable power at threshold and undersell their durability over distance.

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