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[RC] does low resting heart rate = lower aerobic/anaerobic threshold? - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Shanna shanzahner@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi all.  I'm conditioning my 8 year old Standardbred for endurance.  We dabbled 
in NATRC last summer, and will be hitting the NATRC season hard this summer, 
with hopes of entering our first 25 mile AERC LD in September.  Here's my 
situation: My Standardbred has a resting heart rate of 24.  At his 10 mph trot 
(which is his sloooww trot)his heart rate rarely reaches triple digits.  It 
normally hangs in the low to mid 90's.  He recovers to 62 bpm within 1-2 
minutes at a walk.  Since we are in the early beginning of our conditioning 
(currently riding 5 miles every other day, with 3 miles of it at a trot) I do 
not want to ride him too hard, but I worry that I'm not riding him hard enough 
for there to be any aerobic gain.  Since he has such a low resting HR to begin 
with, could he actually have a lower threshold for aerobic gain and anaerobic 
work? (are ya followin' me?)  Or, should I be riding him faster at this short 
distance to get his heart rate in the triple digits?  I just want to make sure 
whatever I do I do not overstress his bones and ligaments.  Any thoughts from 
the experienced?


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