Re: RC: Heartrates up to 220

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/9/00 2:34:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
guest@endurance.net writes:

<< Here in the foothills and mountains of N.C. about all we do is interval 
training. Up hill down hill and often reach heartrates of 210 to 220. Been 
doing this for 6 years and our horses have excellent recoveries. Does anyone 
out there go this high with rates? Mike Everett
  >>


A couple-three that I've talked to--and they're building some very good 
endurance horses. 

A long time ago I was talking to the track coach of Oregon State--he had some 
Olympic level marathoners in training--and he had his guys running stadium 
steps alongside the football players. I asked him if that kind of work wasn't 
inappropriate for distance athletes and he told me that the extra strength 
came in real handy at the end of a race and, besides "remember, you're not 
training muscle cells, you're training neurons". That is, spinning up 
neurotransmitting chemicals makes any kind of exercise easier and more 
efficient. After stadium steps, running on the flat was nothing.

ti