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[RC] What your horse's heart rate can tell you.... - Chelsea MarshHi, it's me again! I've got another question.... From talking to different people and reading different articles I've heard suggestions that while training your horse you need to have a couple of workouts where you do speed work and get their heart rate up into a certain range. I was also told to take it slow with the speed work and gradually up how long of periods you do it for. I've been doing a couple of those and some 25 mile training rides which we take slow and do it in about 4 hours. However I can't seem to get my horse's heart rate up. It seems that by the time I'm out of the saddle and checking her heart rate she's down into the 50's, for both the training rides and the "speed work". Am I doing something wrong? To do any good do I need to get her heart rate up to a certain amount? Just how important is their heart rate and what can it tell you? Thanks for the help! Chelsea -- Chelsea Marsh chelsea_marsh@xxxxxxxxxxx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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