Does any one do max heart rate training anymore? I don't think that the 26 year old Coach realizes there is a difference between 220-26= her max hr and 220-50= mine. I am not sure I would recognize heart palpitations with some of the short interval work we get.
I have been using a HR monitor for the last 2months. Very interesting. First the 220- your age is worthless. A better measure is:
210 minus half your age minus 5% of your weight plus 4 (if you are a man)
That last calculation is much closer for me 181 whereas the former calculation yields a 161.
I am also beginning to believe that for the most part we go too hard, too fast too much. Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen has a good article on this in the current Swimming World although you have to access the article on-line.
I have also discovered in doing some research that your swimming HR max is 13% or 17 BPM lower in the water than running. This is due to the cooling effect of water plus the fact that you are horizontal etc.
I have been using a HR monitor for the last 2months. Very interesting. First the 220- your age is worthless. A better measure is:
210 minus half your age minus 5% of your weight plus 4 (if you are a man)
That last calculation is much closer for me 181 whereas the former calculation yields a 161.
I am also beginning to believe that for the most part we go too hard, too fast too much. Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen has a good article on this in the current Swimming World although you have to access the article on-line.
I have also discovered in doing some research that your swimming HR max is 13% or 17 BPM lower in the water than running. This is due to the cooling effect of water plus the fact that you are horizontal etc.
