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RE: [RC] HRM's and Increasing Intensity - heidi

I stand corrected, your point is valid.  Yet, once again, in the context
of intensity training sessions, the soft tissues shouldn't be an issue.
As I stated earlier, this is happening after all of the base
conditioning has been completed.  So in this context, the HRM IS telling
me pretty clearly the state of their fatigue.

Actually, it is often when the horse steps up to intensity training that
the soft tissues DO become an issue.  Different horses need different
levels of base conditioning, not all base conditioning is done thoroughly
enough, and in the context of riders who might not yet have developed a
good "read" of their horses, soft tissue injury when the intensity of
training is stepped up is IMO the #1 concern.  Also, conditioning a
living, sensate creature is considerably different than assembling a
mechanical thing.  I'm not sure you can EVER say that any particular phase
of conditioning is "done."  Not quite like saying, "Now I've built the
chassis, so I can put in the engine."

I personally see very few horses getting hurt during conscientious base
conditioning, short of sheer accident.  It is in that next step up that
the injuries tend to occur.  And I guess that is my main reason for not
wanting to get caught up in the numbers, until I'm already well into that
phase and trying to fine-tune it.

It may take the less experienced rider longer to get the same effect by
learning to "read" the horse without the numbers to start with than it
does the experienced rider who can incorporate gadgetry from the git-go
without losing sight of the horse--but I would also submit that by taking
longer, there is less chance of injury.  There is a place for gadgets,
certainly--I've just seen them take away more than they help with too many
inexperienced riders.  Just my nickel's worth...

Heidi



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RE: [RC] HRM's and Increasing Intensity, heidi
RE: [RC] HRM's and Increasing Intensity, Mike Sofen