OVERVIEW
Sometimes your exercise heart rate seems higher than normal for a given power output and perceived exertion. Beyond the standard variables that affect heart rate, like caffeine, dehydration, anxiety, and fatigue, there are other training and nervous system related factors that may elevate exercise heart rates for a few days or up to two weeks. Coach Adam Pulford examines three common scenarios that can temporarily jack up your exercise heart rate.

TOPICS COVERED

• What influences heart rate
• Scenario 1 - first indoor trainer session
• Heat training for indoor cycling
• Scenario 2 - time away from training
• How to mitigate elevated HR issues when returning to training
• Heat exposure to mitigate elevated HR
• Scenario 3 - long steady rides vs. hilly rides
• HR response to cold vs. heat
• MTB Tip - using hrTSS to evaluate technical terrain

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LINKS/RESOURCES

• Evidence and possible mechanisms of altered maximum heart rate with endurance training and tapering - PubMed
• Do You Have An Elevated Heart Rate After Exercise? Here's Why
• Effects of Exercise on the Resting Heart Rate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventional Studies
• Unlocking Peak Performance: Heat Training Science with Lindsay Golich (EP #214)
• Autonomic Nervous System: What It Is, Function & Disorders 
• Recovery from sauna bathing favorably modulates cardiac autonomic nervous system - ScienceDirect

HOST
Adam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for nearly two decades and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.

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