SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:
Rereply wrote:
Has anyone experimented with HR training for recovery between intervals instead of a set time? I ask because my recovery rate is super fast and I think it actually hurts me. For example if I’m doing 1Ks in 3:00 and I’m taking 2 minutes rest, but my heart rate is back down to 90 BPM by the time I start the next interval, I don’t think I’m getting as much out of the workout. I’ve heard you should start your next interval at 120 BPM to maximize the gains of the workout. Any feedback on this?
Maybe you have seen my frequent posts and comments about heartrate based interval training. The famous German coach Woldemar Gerschler(1930-1950, together with Ph Reindel) found out in scientific tests and in practice that to gain max effect out of the intervals the rest time had to be resting down back to 120 bpm . He had his runners to reach about 180 bpm at the reps and then recover back to 120 bpm . He and Reindel found out this way the heart grow strongest and strokevolume became "maxed". Try to test out running 12-20 x 400m at 5 k race pace with rest easy walking until heartrate is back to 120 bpm ( or 60% of MHR) . All runners I have coached just tells it`s just perfect and gives the individual rest needed after every rep. By the way you are running wrong pace at 1 k reps if your heartrate drops to 90 bpm in 2 min . You need to run faster. Good luck! ))
- COACH J.S -
OP, if you are not JS, this response is garbage.