Top 10 Reasons to use Power in Your Cycling and Triathlon Training
- The only objective way to train. A watt is a watt. Heart rate, speed, and perceived exertion change based on a multitude of variables
- Effectively pace during the bike leg of a triathlon, during a breakaway or in a TT
- Power meters keep you working as your motivation or energy drops., and conditions change
- Allows fitness to be precisely and accurately quantified and tracked both daily and over time
- Analyze race data to find where you got dropped; figure out how much power you would have needed to produce to stay with the group
- Track the real amount of calories burned during rides and workouts so you can meet your weight loss goals, or to stay properly fueled
- Make your recovery rides count
- See training metrics such as Normalized Power, Training Stress Score, and Intensity Factor to objectively judge how hard a ride or race was
- Train in the right zones for each workout
- The pros train with power meters and race with them as well. Why not you?
