Does anyone monitor their HR while swimming? I just started.
I'm wondering if anyone else is also working out at 90% of their max HR during an 'easy' swim...
BUT, if you ARE just starting out, you might find that your heart rate maxes out really easily. It could also take a long time to return to a normal resting rate. It's one of the measures of increasing fitness that our HRs start to not increase as easily when we work out, and that once we finish, they more quickly go back down. Sorry, I am also a beginner but as yet don't track my own HR. I DO make sure and take my time between my laps, because I know that my own cardio endurance is not terrific. I'm working on it by continuing to do the dryland exercises I was doing before - mostly, free weight strength training and some yoga - but also gradually, speeding up the walks I am taking. I haven't yet got to the point where I would say I have a real "easy swim." I don't feel winded when I swim sidestroke laps, but anything else pretty much is a working lap, for me.
BUT, if you ARE just starting out, you might find that your heart rate maxes out really easily. It could also take a long time to return to a normal resting rate. It's one of the measures of increasing fitness that our HRs start to not increase as easily when we work out, and that once we finish, they more quickly go back down. Sorry, I am also a beginner but as yet don't track my own HR. I DO make sure and take my time between my laps, because I know that my own cardio endurance is not terrific. I'm working on it by continuing to do the dryland exercises I was doing before - mostly, free weight strength training and some yoga - but also gradually, speeding up the walks I am taking. I haven't yet got to the point where I would say I have a real "easy swim." I don't feel winded when I swim sidestroke laps, but anything else pretty much is a working lap, for me.
