Just curious if this is constant over the entire workout, or if there's any improvement as you go along.
I had an ablation for afib 5 years ago, and one of the aftereffects is that it takes a long time for my HR to catch up with my effort. I have to gradually build up my HR, usually taking 45 minutes and then I'm good to go. If I do any kind of harder effort in the first few miles of a ride, my HR remains constant and I just go anaerobic with my HR as low as 110-115bpm. 45 minutes later, I have no problem getting up to the upper 160/low 170s, it'll drop quickly when I back off, and then shoot right back up with the next hard effort. But if I try to ride hard before I've slowly worked up to it, I can never get there. So for trainer workouts, I need a long gradual warmup before I can even handle the workout's warmup...
"I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10, and I don't know why!"
I had an ablation for afib 5 years ago, and one of the aftereffects is that it takes a long time for my HR to catch up with my effort. I have to gradually build up my HR, usually taking 45 minutes and then I'm good to go. If I do any kind of harder effort in the first few miles of a ride, my HR remains constant and I just go anaerobic with my HR as low as 110-115bpm. 45 minutes later, I have no problem getting up to the upper 160/low 170s, it'll drop quickly when I back off, and then shoot right back up with the next hard effort. But if I try to ride hard before I've slowly worked up to it, I can never get there. So for trainer workouts, I need a long gradual warmup before I can even handle the workout's warmup...
"I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10, and I don't know why!"