Fitness

A place to talk about fitness and health on Farcaster.

2200m in the pool this morning with 9 days until sprint triathlon! 

Always shocked by how much lower my heart rate is swimming compared to biking and running. Especially since my perceived effort is so much higher

Apparently this is because while swimming your body is in a position which makes it easier to pump blood, while exertion is mostly predicated on lactic acid buildup.

It’s also easier for your body to stay cool in cold water than hot air.

Heart rate is a great proxy though for input, in some sense a great measure and equalizer for all people working out. Who cares if person x runs 5mph and person runs y runs 10mph. If they’re both avg 170bpm, you have a good sense that each individual is putting in similarly respectable efforts.

This is just my intuition though. My mom was a cardiovascular nurse so I should ask her.

GM!

Interesting! I love swimming by the way! I was just at Santa Cruz, California and swam in the ocean. My favorite place to swim!

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The boardwalk's pretty cool but the real attraction is the ocean itself bro. I was once swimming in there And a sea lion or seal whatever it was past like literally 2 meters away from my face! Also, I've been deep sea fishing there and the dolphins swim up to the boat ,it's pretty sick!

Incredible man, beach is my favorite place and cali is on another level. Never been to Santa Cruz tho