What would be everyone's prediction for my average heart rate for this ruck outing?
Saturday, I took a 1.6 mile walk (according Google Maps) while wearing a backpack that weighed about 65 lbs.
I'm 64 years young and weigh 151 lb. Me, a few pounds for clothes (flimsy MA shoes, cotton t-shirt, light sweat pants), and the backpack totaled 219 lbs. on the scale.
The Polar app has, in the past, measured my heart rate as having a 174 bpm maximum, which I know is somewhat higher than the age-based max prediction, but I also know lots of folks here have higher-than-average maximum heart rates.
My wife walked with me the entire time (yes, she is that nice to me ...) and we chatted the entire time. I asked her if my breathing sounded labored at all and she said no, it never did. She did observe that my gait looked like I was "slogging" a little towards the end - when she said that, I was able to walk a little more perkily (is "perkily" even a word?) but I also noticed that the perky walk felt more tiring so I switched back to semi-slogging.
After a few folks chime in with their opinions/guesstimates, I'll tell you what the average and the max were. I'm just curious, since I'm pretty new at the HRM thing, if my numbers seem normal.
Thanks in advance.
-S-
Saturday, I took a 1.6 mile walk (according Google Maps) while wearing a backpack that weighed about 65 lbs.
I'm 64 years young and weigh 151 lb. Me, a few pounds for clothes (flimsy MA shoes, cotton t-shirt, light sweat pants), and the backpack totaled 219 lbs. on the scale.
The Polar app has, in the past, measured my heart rate as having a 174 bpm maximum, which I know is somewhat higher than the age-based max prediction, but I also know lots of folks here have higher-than-average maximum heart rates.
My wife walked with me the entire time (yes, she is that nice to me ...) and we chatted the entire time. I asked her if my breathing sounded labored at all and she said no, it never did. She did observe that my gait looked like I was "slogging" a little towards the end - when she said that, I was able to walk a little more perkily (is "perkily" even a word?) but I also noticed that the perky walk felt more tiring so I switched back to semi-slogging.
After a few folks chime in with their opinions/guesstimates, I'll tell you what the average and the max were. I'm just curious, since I'm pretty new at the HRM thing, if my numbers seem normal.
Thanks in advance.
-S-