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When a Falling Race Heart Rate Is a Warning, Not a Win

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you value coverage like this, pleaseĀ support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. This is a follow-up to my last article, Speed Creates the Load, Not Intensity. Before going further, it helps to define terms. Intensity is reflected in the heart rate response. Load is the physiological stress that drives adaptation. This piece takes a different angle, using high-intensity workouts and race heart...

Speed Creates the Load, Not Intensity

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you value coverage like this, pleaseĀ support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. I originally wrote the following article in 2004. Twenty-two years later, I believe it remains just as relevant. To me it illustrates that while we tend to assume training has changed a great deal, in many ways it has stayed much the same. I have rewritten it here to improve...