Cycling Tips
Important Cycling Metrics to Track
Understanding your key cycling metrics is important to measure your performance and can be used to determine your overall level of fitness. For instance, instead of just assuming that you’re getting faster during your training rides, you can track your speed with a cycling computer and determine how much faster you’ve gotten based on a comparison of the numbers over time. Below are key metrics to track for your training rides.
Speed
Speed measures how fast you ride over a period of time-based on fitness, fatigue, power, gear ratios, and slope of terrain that affects the overall speed of the rider.
Distance
The total distance in miles or kilometers from the start and end of a single ride.
Cadence
Cadence is the number of crank Revolutions per minute, typically in the range of 60-120 RPM.
3s Power
Power is the rate at which energy is produced (energy over time and/or 3s power) and is measured in watts. One watt is equivalent to one joule per second. In cycling, energy is expressed in terms of work (such as how hard you have to work to ascend a climb or put in a big sprint effort).
Calories
A calorie is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C (now usually defined as 4.1868 joules). The calorie metric is important because it helps you track nutrition requirements while cycling.
Heart Rate
Heart rate training means monitoring the body’s cardiovascular response to your workout load. From the moment you start moving, your heart begins to pump faster to get blood and oxygen to working muscles.
If you have a goal of weight loss, general fitness, or performance, [heart rate training] helps you get aligned with your plan for the day and can help you achieve your goal.
Time of Day
The actual time of day to monitor events and training load
Ride Timer
The time spent on a single ride from the time you start your cycling task.
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