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Re: [RC] [RC] ? national championship ride, treatment, conditions, etc. - heidiOne thing I worry about with HRMs (*not* saying that you do this) is people using them like tachometers in a vehicle, and relying on them to the exclusion of reading and knowing their horse. As you correctly point out, they are a tool, and as such provide information that we can use, along with other info we glean from our observations of our horse, to make decisions about how to manage our mount. But if someone simply relies on the HRM and figures that since the horse is working within its normal HR, everything must be fine, that's when problems can arise. Just my thoughts... I've also seen this happen far too often than I care to count--and my observation is that the HRM is a better tool for the rider who is already experienced and is "fine-tuning" than for the rider just starting out. Riders who have already learned to "listen" to their horses tend to make far better use of HRMs as the tool they are intended to be than do those who have not yet garnered the skills of staying in tune to the horse. (Alas, there is no magic number of miles in which riders learn such skills--some learn them very quickly, while others struggle and struggle with it.) Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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