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Re: spongeing at camp/IAHA Rides
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, (Joyce DeVries) wrote:
> Wondering if anyone else has encountered this problem/thought. We would
> like to have the criteria changed to at least 40 bpm = 0 points. Or better
> yet 36 bpm = 0 points. That would at least give a little more advantage to
> the best conditioned horses. We have noticed too many under-conditioned
Considering the fact that the horse that I am currently riding in
endurance has a resting HR of between 40 and 44 (yes she is extremely fit
and probably better conditioned than 90% of the horses at a CTR) using 36
bpm would not separate well conditioned horses from those less
conditioned, but rather separate those with low resting HR from those
without.
A low resting HR is not necessarily a sign of good condition.
kat
Oange County, Calif.
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