Re: GPS for mountain walking

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:37:34 -0000, "AndyP"
<AndyP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

|"Roger" <Roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
|
|> It seems to me that if you tire yourself out in a few hours on a bike
|> you must be putting more effort into it than you do for walking.
|
|Ofcourse, unless you can manage super speedy power walking techniques to get
|past 6mph then once you start putting any effort into walking it changes
|into running. When I first got a heart rate monitor to play with I noted
|some readings down for what I find a natural comfortable pace for different
|activities.
|
|Resting heart rate 48 bpm
|Walking on the flat 90
|Biking on the flat (about 15mph) 135
|Running on the flat (about 7 min/mile) 170
|Walking uphill 125
|Biking uphill 160
|Running uphill 185

One should also be careful about the maximum heart rate:
http://www.saga.co.uk/health_news/article/60A601D2-75E1-11D5-9492-00508BC27A68.asp?bhcp=1
>>>The maximum pulse rate is 220 minus your age, and the target for a
healthy pulse rate during, or just after, exercise, is 60 ? 80 per cent of
this. Therefore, if you are aged 50, you should aim to build up fitness
gradually until you reach a target pulse rate during exercise of between
102-136 bpm (beats per minute). If you are aged 55, your target should be
between 99-132 bpm, age 60 = 96-128 bpm, age 65 = 93-124bpm, age 70 =
90-120 bpm, and age 75 = 87-116 bpm.<<<

IME these calculations are on the conservative side. When I am already
reasonably fit, I have found that I could exercise to well above these
limits without problems. But for the unfit they are IMO probably
reasonable.

BTW measuring the pulse does not required electronic devices, a watch is
quite good enough. Measure the number of beats in 15 or 30 seconds, and
multiply by 4 or 2.

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