The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS

Cardiac Drift and Aerobic Decoupling: What Time-Crunched Athletes Need to Know


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Ever noticed that your heart rate drifts up even when your pace or effort level remains steady? Or that your pace and power output drops over time if you're keeping your heart rate steady? In this podcast, host Adam Pulford and Coach Ryne Anderson explore the relationship between cardiac drift, Efficiency Factor, and aerobic decoupling. Further, they'll show you how to use these markers to monitor your training and progress over time. 

Topics covered in this episode:

  • What is Cardiac Drift?
  • What cardiac drift can indicate about your aerobic fitness
  • Factors not related to fitness that affect cardiac drift
  • Efficiency Factor and its role in monitoring progress
  • When to pay attention to cardiac drift and efficiency factor

Links mentioned:

  • Time-Crunched Cyclist Training Lessons from This Year’s Tour France
    https://trainright.com/time-crunched-cyclist-training-lessons-from-this-years-tour-france/

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Guest: Ryne Anderson
Ryne Anderson has been a coach with CTS since 2021. Ryne followed a non-traditional path to the endurance coaching profession, providing him with a unique perspective and approach to performance. After playing college football while earning his B.A. in Physical Education and M.Ed. in Special Education, Ryne was a middle school PE and Social Studies teacher for nine years. As a coach, he's drawn to the technical aspects, science, and interpersonal dynamics of the sports he coaches. Most of the athletes he works with are ultrarunners and gravel cyclists.

Host
Adam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for more than 13 years 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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