Perceived exertion vs heart rate training
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:15 pm
I've been following the Pete Plan and subsequently the Interactive plan for a couple of years, and am seemingly reaping the benefits of the extra volume and lower rate work that the interactive plan calls for.
I am however conscious that my ut1 and ut2 workouts are scarcely within the nominal heart rate brackets suggested, though do seem to reflect the bands of effort suggested by my polar heart rate monitor.
I was discussing this with a work colleague who is currently training for an ultra marathon in the Peak District (50km up and down hill - sounds delightful ) and he was extolling the virtues of a training manual which suggested rating effort on a scale of 1-10. Moreover, in preparation for an ultra there was no recommendation to train past half the proposed maximum distance.
I raise this given my inexperience of rowing and frankly meaningful training in general.
As a case in point, I apparently spent the last half an hour of my marathon row this morning at maximum heart rate (yet I was not out of breath, and actually making conversation immediately after stopping).
With apologies for the stream of consciousness
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I am however conscious that my ut1 and ut2 workouts are scarcely within the nominal heart rate brackets suggested, though do seem to reflect the bands of effort suggested by my polar heart rate monitor.
I was discussing this with a work colleague who is currently training for an ultra marathon in the Peak District (50km up and down hill - sounds delightful ) and he was extolling the virtues of a training manual which suggested rating effort on a scale of 1-10. Moreover, in preparation for an ultra there was no recommendation to train past half the proposed maximum distance.
I raise this given my inexperience of rowing and frankly meaningful training in general.
As a case in point, I apparently spent the last half an hour of my marathon row this morning at maximum heart rate (yet I was not out of breath, and actually making conversation immediately after stopping).
With apologies for the stream of consciousness
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