As I said, there are limitations to the heart rate monitor, but the amount of work your body does to travel a given distance is the true measure of efficiency of the boat/paddle system and the heart rate monitor is the easiest measure of your body's effort. I suppose it would be nice to know how much oxygen you are burning, but am not aware of any portable, waterproof systems to do it. While your heart rate may change through out a test, the longer the test, the more accurately it will represent the work you are doing. Nick At 10:09 AM -0500 3/8/01, Bob Denton wrote: >One method which would be quite easy although not as accurate is to >paddle with a heart rate monitor and a speedometer. >>>> > >I ride the same 10 or 15 miles every night after work on my bicycle and I >maintain the same average pace within 4/10 of a mph over the distance. My >heart rate varies significantly, 10 to 15 BPM, with the same speed and >conditions depending on what part of the workout and other parameters I'm >not aware of. > >I doubt using a heart monitor would be too meaningful in comparing kayaks. -- Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 08 2001 - 16:48:03 PST
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