JPCross
Level 6 Valued Member
Over the last several years, HR has really become in vogue and rightfully so - measuring training using HR, lactate, or other biomarkers to determine physiological response and adaptation to meet certain goals is based in sound science. I typically will pay attention to it to make sure I'm in the ball park of what I want to accomplish, but I don't live and die by it like some. I will look at it a bit more when it comes to trends - if HR is lower than I would think for several sessions in a row, maybe it's time to start pushing a bit hard; if it's elevated, maybe I need to back off a tad or look at diet and sleep to make sure I'm recovering.
One thing I haven't really done much of though is look at HR graphs and try to deduce what the training session actually looked like; meaning, if forum members (or other people elsewhere) post their HR data, they'll post their session with it, so you can really line up what was happening. I thought it might be interesting to post HR data from a 60 mins session but with no real detail or context (I'll make a couple of comments) to see if people can get a feel for what the session actually way just based on the HR data.
Here's the rationale - people seem to really be driven as of late by training by HR. Maybe by looking at HR data, then learning what the session actually was later after really analyzing and hypothesizing what might have been done, and how it might be able to be modified to fit the individual would allow for more options or creativity in training, if that makes sense. I know I get a bit narrow minded or short sighted from time to time so stepping back to look at something from a different perspective has allowed my training to be a bit more fluid and enjoyable.
That said, here's some data I will provide right up front:
- 60:00 session, about 3 hours after waking and fasted besides water/electrolytes.
- Approximately 32oz of water during the session with electrolytes (810mg sodium, 400mg potassium, 60mg calcium, 50mg magnesium).
- Training was in an open garage; temp was 92F at the start of the session; temp was 98F at the end of the session.
- Net weight change was -4lbs over the 60:00; +2lbs from fluids means -6lbs from sweat.
- Thin line shows the avg HR for the entire 60:00: 132bpm.
I'm interested to see what people think I actually did for those 60:00 given the HR data and information I provided.
In a couple of days, I will post the session in detail.
One thing I haven't really done much of though is look at HR graphs and try to deduce what the training session actually looked like; meaning, if forum members (or other people elsewhere) post their HR data, they'll post their session with it, so you can really line up what was happening. I thought it might be interesting to post HR data from a 60 mins session but with no real detail or context (I'll make a couple of comments) to see if people can get a feel for what the session actually way just based on the HR data.
Here's the rationale - people seem to really be driven as of late by training by HR. Maybe by looking at HR data, then learning what the session actually was later after really analyzing and hypothesizing what might have been done, and how it might be able to be modified to fit the individual would allow for more options or creativity in training, if that makes sense. I know I get a bit narrow minded or short sighted from time to time so stepping back to look at something from a different perspective has allowed my training to be a bit more fluid and enjoyable.
That said, here's some data I will provide right up front:
- 60:00 session, about 3 hours after waking and fasted besides water/electrolytes.
- Approximately 32oz of water during the session with electrolytes (810mg sodium, 400mg potassium, 60mg calcium, 50mg magnesium).
- Training was in an open garage; temp was 92F at the start of the session; temp was 98F at the end of the session.
- Net weight change was -4lbs over the 60:00; +2lbs from fluids means -6lbs from sweat.
- Thin line shows the avg HR for the entire 60:00: 132bpm.
I'm interested to see what people think I actually did for those 60:00 given the HR data and information I provided.
In a couple of days, I will post the session in detail.
