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 ...
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.
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.
