Time for a little bro science, although real science would be welcomed, of course! This thread: Low HR During Rucking in Flat Terrain, got me thinking. (Visual: Steve at computer, smoke coming out of his ears.) @Bauer asks about when he rucks with a light weight and his heart rate only goes up a little. I'll propose a specific set of circumstances:
Or to put it another way, what does a graph of HR on the vertical axis and benefit on the horizontal look like?
No doubt that @Al Ciampa will tell me I'm not asking a good question and that's a welcomed comment here, too. And no doubt that this is biased by my subjective take on my personal experience, which is that a increased HR provides significant benefits even when it doesn't get out of Zone 1. (And let's please not discuss exercise HR's higher than the top of Zone 2 - that's another discussion entirely.)
-S-
- 40-minute walk
- resting pulse rate of 60
- goal of keeping your HR around the top of Zone 2, which is 140 bpm, or resting + 80.
Or to put it another way, what does a graph of HR on the vertical axis and benefit on the horizontal look like?
No doubt that @Al Ciampa will tell me I'm not asking a good question and that's a welcomed comment here, too. And no doubt that this is biased by my subjective take on my personal experience, which is that a increased HR provides significant benefits even when it doesn't get out of Zone 1. (And let's please not discuss exercise HR's higher than the top of Zone 2 - that's another discussion entirely.)
-S-