I am very concerned about training with the right puls, I tried to find some info on what heart rate to train at, but so far I just have general info.I would really like to keep my heart healthy, because I stumbled into an article(it's in Russian, unfortunately, so I cannot post it here ... I will translate it some time) about how important it is to train and not go over 180 beats per minute(especially for starters) a lot during work-outs and try to mostly keep it in the range of 120-150, otherwise it is a slow path to a heart attack ...So I was wondering: how do you guys measure your heart rate and what do you try to keep it at most of the time and how often do you train with maximum heart rate?
Thanks a bunch.
P.S the article I refer to is extremely interesting, I will translate it one day ...
Could you send me the link to the Russian article? I need to work on my reading abilities, and I'd love to get a Russian article about heart rate/swimming/working out.
Spasibo i poka,
Mike
First of all, you can find good advice on using heart rate in swimming at www.breastroke.info. Coach Wayne the author also posts here under the name breastroker.
In swimming though, you can take 10 second heart rates at the end of your swims and then starst keeping track of what heart rates come from what paces.
The heart rate monitor in the pool isn't as important because there are no waves, no current and the pool is the same distance every time.
That said, I keep track of everything that comes out on heart rate and have never heard anything relating heart rates above 180 with increased rick of heart attack. Granted, i don't track the the russian sports and medicine literature.
I just got a heart monitor from Polar. I run with it although I understand that some models can be used in the pool. I have found it very helpful in "seeing" what my heart is doing while I am running.
Among other things, it measures current heart rate, average heart rate and total time within the "target zone." The "target zone" is a range of bpm's that correlates to 65% - 85% of your max heart rate. The receiver (the watch-looking part you wear around your wrist) calculates your individual target zone based on information that you input when you first program it before your first use. As you exercise, the receiver beeps while you are outside the target zone (either too low or too high). It shuts up once your heart enters the target zone.
I like it because I can "see" whether I am in or out of the target zone and how much I am taxing my heart in a given workout. Recently it showed that during a mid-week run, my avg bpm for a typical distance dropped about 5 bpm (from 136 to 131). I had not run particularly hard though. So it confirmed my easier pace and made me pick it up a little the next time out.
On the other side of the coin, some people think they are difficult to use and too much to think about while exercising.
You be the judge.
Michael, i will definitely do that, unfortunately, this article makes more reference to cycling, skiing and running ,just slightly mentioning swimming, but it embraces pretty much any sport where you need to pay attention to heart rate training, it also has some very interesting ideas about new way to train sportsmen based on their heart volume, heart rate, muscle weight, etc.ANyways, enjoy:
www.roller.ru/.../article-1495.htmlwww.roller.ru/.../article-1496.html
Well, I am more than concerned that I need a heart rate monitor.But I am really sceptical about the chest belts.Are they going to stay on?Do you know any good heart rate monitors without the belts(just a wrist watch)?It should be able to track your pulse off your wrist as efficiently as when applied directly onto your chest, right?
The POLAR heart rate monitors are really good and stay on well in the water.
Isn't there a formula where you plug in your age, etc. and that should give you your maximum heart rate? 120-150 seems slow to me(?) When I was pregnant I was told to keep my HR at 140. Often it went to 160 and I felt fine. That was my max though. I think, more than numbers, if you're in tune with your body, you'll know what's pushing too hard :)
In the event that you buy one of these, please don't allow it to continue beeping as you swim. One of the fellows who swims at our pool has a tendency to allow his to beep at him for laps on end and it can be quite annoying. I assume that it is letting him know that he has exceeded his maximum heart rate and he is attempting to drop it without stopping.
Originally posted by hooked-on-swimming
Michael, i will definitely do that, unfortunately, this article makes more reference to cycling, skiing and running ,just slightly mentioning swimming, but it embraces pretty much any sport where you need to pay attention to heart rate training, it also has some very interesting ideas about new way to train sportsmen based on their heart volume, heart rate, muscle weight, etc.ANyways, enjoy:
www.roller.ru/.../article-1495.htmlwww.roller.ru/.../article-1496.html
Spasibo bol'shoe!
--Mike
