Welcome to the podcast that's dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast presented by trainer road

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Yeah, thanks so much guys. We got a lot of questions to go through so we'll kick things off this week with michael's question

He says in 2014 I kicked cancer. I was also diagnosed with an aneurysm. It was a crappy year

He says my cardiologist suggests that I limit my max heart rate to 150 bpm

My previous max was around 170

So his question is is there a way that I can train and maximize my fitness without pushing the HR as high as before

Uh, so michael

Now your maximization of fitness is going to be relative to that very particular heart rate constraint

So you're not going to be able to

Reach the same heights you used to i'd guess but you can definitely do quite a lot of work and

In terms of improving your general fitness. There's a lot you could do

I'd be willing to bet that you won't exceed 150 bpm

At sweet spot output and sweet spot as you know is really popular with us

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