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

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/10/00 3:11:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
wsabg@t-online.de writes:

<< Tivers@aol.com wrote:
 
 > Good protocol. Sounds like a pretty steep hill.
 
 Indeed it is. And I do have another one, much longer (~ 1km or 0,6 miles) 
and also
 gradually getting steeper to the end. Here Ninja gets more time between the 
heats
 because I have to get down to the bottom. It's something around 15 minutes.
 
 > Most horses love hills. Emotional HR artifact can be as much as 20-40 
points
 > in cases like this. If you stay on top for as long as 90 seconds, you'll
 > probably see a plateau in the HR drop--this is what I call "recovery" HR in
 > racehorses. If the drop flattens out temporarily at 130+, I've dug into
 > anaerobic metabolism pretty deeply. If it flattens out under 120, I can
 > safely shoot another heat. If it flattens out under 110, I didn't even 
touch
 > him, and under 105, I'm not getting much useful work done.
 
 Thanks for that input. I'll try to stay at the top and have a look what 
happens.
 As far as I can remember the time before my newer HRM, we waited less than a
 minute to get him lower than 120. And at the beginning of this training 
(back in
 1994) he was not so excited, so we can walk downhill and it took Ninja's hr  
less
 than 3 minutes to drop under 70!
 
 > Check that first 60-90 second plateau--I believe that's your lactic acid
 > indicator.
 
 I will do so.
 
 > Wow, that's the real gut-wrencher. This is your gold-mine hill.
 
 Hey, now I have a name for that hill. Thanks, your the godfather to him.
 
 > Thanks, Woflgang--slowly I'm getting a much clearer perspective of how 
some of
 > these top athletes are built.
 >
 > Tom
 
 This year will show if he is really the top athlet I believe he is.
 
 Wolfgang
  >>


Best of luck, Pard.

Tom