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

[Linda Flemmer <bluewolfranch@yahoo.com>]

Tom,

I can't speak for Wolfgang, but we get HR like that in
our training.

1)  Choose a GOOD steep hill.  Approach it like you
mean to conquer it.
2)  Use a gallop or HARD trot up the hill for 1/4 -
1/2 mile (depends on the hill I can find)
3)  Have the horse carry enough rider & gear to
approach Heavy Weight status (211 lbs or more)

My gelding is trained & generally competes in the HW
category.  His HR is always higher than the horses
around us in the lighter divisions in the ride.  When
I let a Feather Weight friend ride him, it was like he
was riderless!  He was cruising along at faster speeds
than with me, and the HR was 15-20 beats lower. 
(Makes me feel guilty!)

He finishes in the top 5 for our weight category, and
generally in the top 1/3 of the ride.  I tend to hold
him back.  I don't LIKE galloping full speed over
rocky mountainous trails.

Linda Flemmer
Blue Wolf Ranch
Bruceton Mills, WV

--- Tivers@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/9/00 2:52:05 AM Pacific
> Standard Time, wsabg@t-online.de 
> writes:
> 
> << yes, I do so. The highest reading according to my
> Polar Accurex Plus was a 
> 225 last year at the last heat of an intervall of 3
> at a mountain. >> 
> 
> How long are you able to sustain those rates,
> Wolfgang?
> 
> ti
> 
> 
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