title: Peak heart rates during maximal running and swimming: implications for exercise prescription.
abstract: Thirty-four college-age fitness swimmers, 19 males and 15 females, were maximally tested during treadmill running (TR) and tethered swimming (TS). A discontinuous, graded test protocol was used for both TR and TS with 2-min stages and 1-min rest periods. Peak HRs were obtained via a UNIQ CIC monitor during the last 120 s of each stage. Blood lactate was measured at 3 min post exercise using a YSI Model 27 Analyzer. TS peak HR was significantly lower (p less than 0.05) than both the age-predicted HRmax (220-age) and TR peak HR by 13 and 11 bt.min-1, respectively. Blood lactate for TS (8.0 mmol.l-1) and TR (8.1 mmol.l-1) were similar. Mean target heart rate range (THRR) calculated from TS peak HR (144-176 bt.min-1) was significantly lower than THRR calculated from age-predicted max HR (151-187 bt.min-1) and TR peak HR (151-186 bt.min-1). For young adult fitness swimmers, we suggest reducing the HRmax obtained from treadmill exercise or predicted from age by 12 bt.min-1. This correction appears to be a reasonable estimate of swimming HRmax that can be used for calculating exercise intensity.
authors.affiliation: Exercise Science Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332-0110.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: DiCarlo
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Sparling
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Millard-Stafford
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rupp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology; D012420:Running; D013550:Swimming