Re: RC: improving ridecamp and HRM

["Truman Prevatt, PhD" <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Well it depends. I usually have one at rides. But they aren't perfect. They work better on some horses than others. How they work, in my experience, is a function of a lot of factors:

saddle used,
type and placement of girth,
type of electrodes,
gait of the horse.

Roger used to sell these heavier, stiff electrodes for the girth. They seems to work better, but would slip out easier. So they worked better sometimes.

When my horse does an extended trot, I forget the HRM - it always reads 180 then. He just has too much motion in the girth area.

I do find while it doesn't work all that well all the time while we are moving, it is a good indicator when we slow down to measure recovery.

Yep, I've gotten a bit frustrated with it from time to time when it shows 220 for minutes on end when I know good an well he is not going to fall down and die with in the next three second. I don't always ride with one, but most of the time. I may have even taken Roger's name in vain :-).

They are a good tool, and they are very useful, but they can sure be aggravating sometimes.


Tina Hicks wrote:

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> I have noticed one common thread here though - do many folks actually ride with a HRM after they've had one a while? Sorry, Roger :)...I got mine in 1996 during my first year cuz Samm had one and since she was letting me tag along I had to have what she had :).
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