by Jesper Bondo Medhus on December 10, 2009
Resting heart rate is a simple tool that can be really helpful in several situations. I recommend all athletes to measure their resting heart rates once in while get a picture of their normal resting heart rates. It can help you to follow your body’s reaction to training, stress and environment.
When you have a good [...]
by Jesper Bondo Medhus on September 22, 2009
Polar s810 can measure your heartbeat intervals. The differences in these periods reflect your autonomic nervous system when it regulates your heartbeat. This measurement is most useful at rest or at low intensities, because we are talking about very small differences (msecs.) Your relaxation rate indicates the state of your physical recovery. If you are overtrained, it might very well be reflected on the Polar s810 monitor.
Read the article about Polar s810 and heart rate variability
by Jesper Bondo Medhus on July 6, 2009
Buying a heart rate monitor doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact a cheap heart rate monitor might very likely be one of your best investments in your cycling career. If there was a performance-improving per money index, I guess a heart rate monitor would rank in the top. It is possible to buy quality [...]
by Jesper Bondo Medhus on May 30, 2009
Resting heart rate is not always equal to performance
Monitoring your resting heart rate is a good discipline to integrate in your daily procedures since it can give you some important information about your fitness. When you have registered your resting heart rate in the morning for a period of time (months) you will start to [...]
by Jesper Bondo Medhus on November 19, 2008
Question from Rob Worrell: “My seasonal goal was an 11mile hill climb near my home at the conclusion of the summer. In interval training I once hit 182BPM (I am 39 Years old), but most of my intervals are around 160-170BPM. In the MTB hill climb race (seasonal goal), I averaged 173BPM for a 1:05:30 [...]