Subject: RE: BP Meds vs Target Training Rate Calc's? Probably can't give you a straight up conversion from nonmedicated HR to medicated, but I can point out that you're on two things that will blunt a HR response to exercise. Those are the verapamil and atenolol. In your case, I'd probably train more by RPE than HR since you know it won't be rising in a reliable fashion. What you could also do to fashion your own zones is to wear a HR monitor and correlate it with RPE over various runs. Set out to specifically run super easy and "make a Zone 1" the progressively track your HR on harder runs. Or you could just not worry about it and run strictly by RPE. All up to whatever you're comfortable with. Darwin52 - 2007-09-20 2:25 PM Hello Derek, Thanks for your reply. I'm taking Verapamil-calcium channel blocker, Hydrochlorothiazide-diuretic, Lisinopril-ACE inhibitor, and Atenanol-beta blocker. Frank |