[Joe Molloy]

Joe Molloy on May 16, 2022 at 6:21 am · in reply to: Negative heart-rate drift? #67221

Hi Mark

Thanks for the advice

I think it worked it out now with that help. Aimed way too low initially. In case your interested in the process:

Had a go yesterday starting at 141bpm, and saw nothing
Then started at 150 today, and saw a negative drift to 141bpm in the first 30 mins.
That just annoyed me so I started progressively ramping up. And put the speed up 20%, HR stabilised at 153bpm, then saw a ~2.6% increase over the next 20 mins (Determined this after with TrainingPeaks).

I kept ramping up, and started to feel a bit of a Z3 effort around 163bpm, and blew up at ~170bpm

So I think I’m finally in the ballpark around 155bpm. I expected it to be lower I guess.

Thanks again

[Joe Molloy]

Joe Molloy on May 13, 2022 at 9:10 am · in reply to: Negative heart-rate drift? #67109

Minimal exertion. I was only nose breathing, and could have done it all day.

I did notice quite a bit of HR fluctuation during the test +/- 4bpm, but I guess that’s normal too?

[Joe Molloy]

Joe Molloy on May 13, 2022 at 8:07 am · in reply to: May 2022 Introductions / Goals / Geographies #67101

Hey everyone! Nice to meet you all

I’m Joe, from Australia, and living in Switzerland. I’m a ski touring instructor, but work in Tech in Zürich.

I loosely followed the uphill athlete philosophy in the pre-season of the 2020/21 winter to pass the guiding intake exam, and it revolutionised my season. I had grown up with “if it doesn’t hurt it’s not training”, so having an aerobic base for the first time in my life was pretty awesome.

I joined the program to keep the fitness up after the winter season, and work on a base for some mountaineering and alpine climbing here in the Swiss alps in the summer.

Just about to head off on the last ski mountaineering trip of the season to the Finsteraarhorn in a few hours 😀

Get in touch if you want to talk European climbing, especially if you’re living over here or planning a trip!

cheers
Joe