Connect your Wahoo KICKR. Set a power target. A PID controller keeps your heart rate in Zone 2 for the entire session. Sync to Strava. Done.
A PID controller monitors your heart rate every second and adjusts your KICKR's resistance — keeping you locked in Zone 2 so you can focus on anything else.
Typical 60-minute session with Zone Targeting enabled
HR sampled every second from your Apple Watch or BLE chest strap.
PID controller computes error from your Zone 2 midpoint using a 45-second rolling average.
Resistance nudged gradually — ramps up slowly, backs off faster. Always comfortable.
Every second, for the entire session. You keep pedalling. The app keeps you optimal.
As aerobic fitness improves, your body sustains more power at the same heart rate. Every session anchors to the same HR zone, making average power a direct, passive measure of progress.
Average Zone 2 power over time
It's how the pros build their aerobic engine.
Elite cyclists spend 80% of training at low intensity. Zone 2 is where base fitness is built.
Train your body to burn fat as fuel. Improve metabolic flexibility and endurance capacity.
Zone 2 specifically targets mitochondrial biogenesis. More mitochondria = more power at threshold.
Easy effort means you can train more frequently without burnout. Build volume, not fatigue.

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