Re: RC: [Fwd: RC: [Fwd: RC: Heartrates up to 220]]

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

At 05:46 PM 2/9/00 +0100, Wolfgang Schwingenheuer wrote:

>Just have looked into some of these HRM-files. A typical intervall of 
>three heats
>begins after ~15 min warm-up. The first heat goes up to 205 and stay above 200
>for nearly one minute, the next heat shows 213 (and +200 for a bit more than a

Wolfgang:  What do you generally recover to?  Do you generally use 60 or 
another figure?

Any advice on how I can get my horses rates up higher?  It's not as if I 
don't have mountains, I'm surrounded by them (to almost 10,000').  All we 
do is hills, that's why we are so strong I think on the most difficult 
rides.  I haven't ever trained for speed on the flat.  Any idea how far 
(distance) you are trotting in 10 minutes at 130?

I just got my HRM fixed and used it last week on one of my horses.  I made 
him trot up a really long hill in the mud, this after trotting probably 3-4 
miles straight all gradual uphill but then the hill at the end another 1/4 
miles much steeper.  I got his HR up to 179 but it probably didn't stay 
there for very long.  By the time we get to the top it is already dropping 
back down again.  He was working quite hard though, with a full winter coat 
a really warm day (for us, 60 degrees) and again it was muddy.  It took him 
4 minutes to drop to 58.  Then we trotted another 3-4 miles up a gradual 
hill but not muddy and no real steep parts and he was averaging about 130 
and as soon as we stopped at a puddle to drink he dropped to 49 in about 30 
seconds.  I know he was working hard because I was ponying the other horse, 
and they both were soaking wet with sweat.

Would it really benefit my horses to work them at higher rates?  I haven't 
ever been able to get their rates up to 200 or above, and even if they get 
close to that it drops right back down.  I suppose I would have to carry 
more weight or carry a whip and make them go even faster?  I'm afraid that 
right now they are both conditioned to decrease speed as soon as they get 
to 165 on the HRM, and we never go above that in competition.

Thanx,
Karen
in NV

P.S.  the only time I have had the HR go over 200 was when a mountain lion 
growled at us, and the horse wasn't even moving (I about jumped clear to 
the moon tho! <G>)