Member Plan Pre-requisites

In order to guarantee a minimum level of service and to ensure that our Coaching Philosophy is protected we do have a small number of 'must-haves' for the athletes we work with. These are mostly to aid in the communication between coach and rider and to ensure that your training plan can be accurately completed.

Minimum Requirements

Downloadable heart rate monitor

The reasons for including this are twofold

1. The workouts in your training plan are set using your individual training zones. In order to ensure you are completing the workout as intended by your coach it is important that you can monitor your heart rate during each session.
2. The Training Peaks online diary is crucial to the communication between you and your coach. By downloading your training files and uploading them after each session, your coach can keep an eye on your progress as well as keeping an historical record of your training.

Highly recommended

Power meter

This is included for the same reasons as using a heart rate monitor. A power meter (when used in conjunction with a heart rate monitor and 'feel') is, in our opinion, the ultimate tool for monitoring and analysing your training and racing. By uploading your files to Training Peaks your coach can see data from every pedal stroke from your latest training session. For more information on this subject we have made the fact sheet entitled 'Ways to Guide Training Intensity' available to non-members. Power meters are becoming more accessible to amateur cyclists - if buying is not an option then consider renting one from www.cyclepowermeters.com. PBscience members can get great discounts - more details available when you sign up!

Cadence Sensor

The PBscience coaching team often make use of workouts with structured cadence targets to help develop efficiency and pedaling skill across the cadence range. These sessions are difficult to complete unless you know how fast you are pedaling! This feature is often included (or is a relatively cheap addition) with most of the major heart rate monitors or power meters so is generally fairly easy to accomodate.