Subject: RE: Heart Rate on the Bike I am 43, and I have had similar trouble. Recently though, I have been able to increase my HR. For me the key has been drastically changing my diet (much more healthy), and getting appropriate recovery(I am following a specific program). I think that I can tell when I pushed too hard - my HR will be lower on the next work-out. I am sure that recovery as well as better diet, hydration, and vitamins have had a positive effect on my performance. The other thing that I have learned from researching the same thing, as I am sure you know, we are all different and what works for one person does not work for the next. We all have different HR - resting, working and max. As near as I can tell, a low HR or a high HR may not affect performance, depending on the individual. An aside - Back to the age thing, in my area, all of the fastest people have been doing this tri thing for 20 years and are in my age group. Kind of intimidating. |