Automatic Load Control in Endurance Training

Abstract

Modeling and predicting load courses and HR responses enables individually optimal training control. In HR controlled endurance training, load is expected to gradually decrease to keep HR levels constant due to cardiac drift. This paper analyzes if gender, time under load or progress of training influences characteristics of load controlled by HR in continuous exercise during a long-term training intervention. Nine healthy adults performed a twelve-week training intervention on a bike ergometer. During the Intensive Continuous Method, load was automatically adjusted (ALC) to keep individual HR in the range of 75% HRmax ± 5 bpm.