on the bike
I biked to work this morning and, for the first time, brought my heart rate monitor along.
Wow. I know my cardio system doesn’t work very hard on the bike in comparison to running – even when I push pretty hard. But this morning I was shocked at how big a difference there is between the two activities.
With running it takes me next to no time to get my heart rate up to 160 bmp (80% of my max). This morning on the bike my average heart rate was 127 (63%) and my max was 158 (79%).
That’s amazing to me because I rarely coast and always try to keep my cadence high. Plus, my legs are always fatigued by the time I get to work.
In other words, it’s hard work!
…trying to think of a clever ending to this post and can’t so I’ll just say good night.
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Wednesday September 15, 2004 @
Heck yeah! I had the same experience only from the other direction. I had been going to the gym 5-6 days a week with 50 minutes of cardio on bike and stepper. HR was about 150 for my workout and I was comfortable. Then I started running and I was shocked at how fast my HR shot up! Let’s you know quickly which activity needs more muscles.