I'm curious, how many of you use, and how often do you use it, taking your heart rate to judge your aerobic conditioning? Last winter when I was not in good swimming shape, my heart rate for a medium effort swim would run 160 beats per minute (I'm 59, not a good heart rate number). As my aerobics came into play, it would drop week by week, a good thing.
Today, I am swimming 10,000 yds every other day and on off-days do a little mile or two with a half-mile of sprints. At the end of my 10,736 yds yesterday, my heart rate was 110. Also, I took my resting heart rate yesterday morning and it was 40. The thing I notice is the better condition I am in, the faster my elevated heart rate falls and I have heard this is a good sign.
Now, I take my heart rate each and every day before, during, and after swimming. It gives me a lot of information. How about you? Are you doing this often enough?
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I wear a heart rate monitor when I work out as I tend to push it too hard. I haven't noticed that my heart rate is lower, but I've noticed I can push it harder and my heart beat average is 144. When I first started back at swimming, I couldn't swim nearly as hard and far without my heart rate going off the charts.
I don't know what my resting heart rate is (resting? what's that! :p). But I have also noticed that I can recover a great deal faster between sets.
When I am unable to swim for more then 4 days, the first workout is brutal as my heart rate is much higher, but it is only for 1 workout. The next workout I'm back to where I was before the short break.
Donna - have you lost weight/inches?
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I wear a heart rate monitor when I work out as I tend to push it too hard. I haven't noticed that my heart rate is lower, but I've noticed I can push it harder and my heart beat average is 144. When I first started back at swimming, I couldn't swim nearly as hard and far without my heart rate going off the charts.
I don't know what my resting heart rate is (resting? what's that! :p). But I have also noticed that I can recover a great deal faster between sets.
When I am unable to swim for more then 4 days, the first workout is brutal as my heart rate is much higher, but it is only for 1 workout. The next workout I'm back to where I was before the short break.
Donna - have you lost weight/inches?
