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...
I've been swimming only for 3 years, so don't have a lot of overall swim experience. I would say my heart rate during the past 2 'easy' swims have been the following:
- 500yd warmup ~ 140-150 bpm.
- 200yd kick ~ 130bpm
- 1000-1500yd Intervals ~ 160-170bpm with 15-20 sec rest
- Pulls ~ 130bpm
It's the interval training that really gets my heart rate up, but it does drop back to the 140s-150s by the time I push off again.
In comparison, some of the 'hard' swims that I have done, with a tighter rest interval, totally feel like I'm going to pass out. My heart rate must be higher than 170 at that point. Maybe it's oxygen deprivation too?
I've been swimming only for 3 years, so don't have a lot of overall swim experience. I would say my heart rate during the past 2 'easy' swims have been the following:
- 500yd warmup ~ 140-150 bpm.
- 200yd kick ~ 130bpm
- 1000-1500yd Intervals ~ 160-170bpm with 15-20 sec rest
- Pulls ~ 130bpm
It's the interval training that really gets my heart rate up, but it does drop back to the 140s-150s by the time I push off again.
In comparison, some of the 'hard' swims that I have done, with a tighter rest interval, totally feel like I'm going to pass out. My heart rate must be higher than 170 at that point. Maybe it's oxygen deprivation too?
