Teddy writes,
for what we are doing. In training I monitor my horse and ride accordingly,
trying to achieve "intervals" of stress and recovery. I am a firm believer in
Tom Ivers' theories on conditioning and although I consider his book "The Fit
Racehorse II" (1996) my bible and the BEST book on the subject, I do my best
to adapt his very good basics principles to my training. In conpetition I
set my high alarm at 160 BPM and back off whenever it goes off..I have found
that my horse fatigues much later in an event if I do this AND, I might add,
I have NEVER had a horse tie up. Now, for the sake of knowing where I am at,
consider also that I am a finisher..usually top ten or near (east coast has
20-40 horses on a 50 and maybe 20 on a 100 here), so I am not asking for
optimal performance every time I compete. I ride where my horse is ready.
One more important comment...especially to those new to using HRM..remember,
they are stress monitors, not fatigue monitors.
Teddy
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Teddy, does Tom Ivers comment on what the aerobic/anabolic threshold
is? I have been under the impression (read it somewhere) that it
was more in the range of 160 to 180.
Karen
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