Background: I've been running for 20+ years, and I've been swimming for less than two.
When I run, I can sustain a HR of 165 for a couple of hours, no problem. I mean, I definitely feel like I'm working, but it's a totally doable endurance effort feeling. I swim with the masters three days a week, ~3000yds/day. I often feel totally maxed out in the pool, but when I check my heart rate it's in the low 140s. (FWIW, on a 2+ hour ride I try to keep my HR around 150, more than that and my legs can blow up.)
It makes sense to me that it would be harder to get your heart rate up in the pool because you're non weight bearing and not doing weight transference, but I don't know why my perceived exertion is so much higher? Is this indicative of bad breathing technique? Lack of swimming specific fitness? Other?
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Trying to fight gravity on a planet that insists
When I run, I can sustain a HR of 165 for a couple of hours, no problem. I mean, I definitely feel like I'm working, but it's a totally doable endurance effort feeling. I swim with the masters three days a week, ~3000yds/day. I often feel totally maxed out in the pool, but when I check my heart rate it's in the low 140s. (FWIW, on a 2+ hour ride I try to keep my HR around 150, more than that and my legs can blow up.)
It makes sense to me that it would be harder to get your heart rate up in the pool because you're non weight bearing and not doing weight transference, but I don't know why my perceived exertion is so much higher? Is this indicative of bad breathing technique? Lack of swimming specific fitness? Other?
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Trying to fight gravity on a planet that insists