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Novel Tool to Boost Cycling Fitness Developed
New research from exercise scientists at UNH has found that effective training regimens, which generally are created after expensive, time-consuming laboratory tests, can be developed from a relatively simple, do-it-yourself test.
Using two tools most competitive cyclists already own-a power meter, an increasingly common training device that mounts on a bicycle's rear wheel, and a stationary bicycle trainer - UNH graduate student Jay Francis '09 modified a three-minute all-out cycling test.
"Power is a very unbiased way of measuring your exercise ability, compared to speed, heart rate, or perceived exertion," said Francis.
"A power meter measures how much power you are getting from your body to the road," independent of external conditions like hills, wind, or even what you had for lunch, he added.
Francis and his advisor, assistant professor Dain LaRoche, wondered if this increasingly common piece of equipment could be used to establish individualized exercise intensity domains - training zones that range from moderate to severe - that were as accurate as those established with complex laboratory testing.
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