Re: HEART RATE MONITORS FOR BEGINEERS
Psytrist@aol.com
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 21:09:12 -0500
Hi Jan, I've been a lover of "stuff" for yrs but would not buy a HRM as I had
a horse, tried & true, whose pulse I could guess at while onboard & take his
pulse at a ck by hand with no stetho-
scope. We would always ck ahead of our riding companions. Then I sold him &
acquired a horse who would tell me he was far fitter than he really was.
Also, our cks were lowered to the heart rate of 60 rather than 64. Then I
bought the monitor & now don't know how I got along without it. It will
really tell you where the horse is, ie, after galloping a hill the horse
should recover to "normal working heartbeat" within about 60 to 90 sec.
Having the HM will tell you what normal is. Found my mare, who has a
resting HR of 28 will cruise at a collected canter at about 110 to 115, but
the working trot at about the same speed produces a HR of 120 to 125. I've
never had her as high as some of the recent postings suggests. This is well
worth the money & Roger Rittenhouse is the best person to buy from. Not a
paid political ad, just what I've found from dealing with him. My husband
refused to even consider using a HRM until I told him he probably wouldn't be
able to understand it. Now he's a believer, so much so when Hansum is at 160,
he's yelling at me to slow down, sometimes I do, but then sometimes I won't.
Regards, Carol Patterson, Neosho, MO psytrist@aol.com