Why Your Power Meter Isn’t Enough
Power meters, heart rate monitors, and glucose sensors, oh my! Modern day endurance training has more data than ever before. But there’s more to performance than collecting data and growing numbers. Performance also comes down to understanding your effort in real time.
In this video, CTS Coach Adam Pulford breaks down how to use Rate of Perceived Effort (RPE) in training and racing, why it remains one of the most valuable metrics in endurance sports, and how to calibrate your internal sense of effort alongside power and heart rate data.
Free Cycling Training Assessment: https://trainright.com/cycling-traini...
Interested in working with a coach? Schedule a free consult:
https://trainright.com/coaching/cycling/
Self-coached athlete? Check out our TrainRight Membership:
https://trainright.com/membership/
Find more free resources here: https://trainright.com/blog/
Resources:
https://trainright.com/rpe-rating-of-...
https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/ab...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...
https://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en...