NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/skate/3561

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From: [e-mail] (Phil Earnhardt)
Subject: Re: Rollerblade miles = ? Running miles
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Summary: Buy, rent, or borrow a wireless pulse monitor.
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael Wang) writes:
>As a side note, skating, like cycling, lends itself to "cheating."  Unlike
>running, you can "coast" while skating. It takes constant mental discipline
>to ensure that you are skating at a level that provides a minimum aerobic
>workout. With running, as long as you only have one foot on the ground at a
>time, you almost ensure yourself of an aeorbic workout.

Ensured? Hardly. You can easily go anerobic in skating, cycling, or running.
Too high is just as bad -- and maybe worse -- as too low.

Actually, going anerobic is a big problem for me on skates, especially when
using poles. I'd recommend to anyone with a fitness bent to use a pulse
monitor with hi/low audio alarms. It's too bad these things aren't rented,
since you can get a "feel" for appropriate intensity after a week or two.

Also, I'm wondering if you do better at ensuring adequate exercise intensity
on skates if you're only on one skate at a time. Any ideas, Michael?

>Michael Wang

--phil