Elevated Resting Heart Rate

If you have been tracking your resting heart rate (with an empty bladder) in the morning, you now have a track record of how your body is responding to daily stress (life, working out, nutrition, hydration, etc.). The longer and more consistent you are with your documentation, the easier it is for you to identify if you are becoming sick or prone to over training symptoms.

As a general rule, if your resting heart rate is up by more than 5 beats over your weekly average, DO NOT TRAIN TODAY! Instead, go back to bed and/or take your normal training time to prepare and consume a high quality/nutrient dense meal or smoothie.

If your resting heart rate is up by 3 to 4 beats, any workout should be aerobic (this eliminates strength training due to the anaerobic nature of strength training) and 50% of your longest workout of the previous week. For example, if your longest bicycle ride last week was 3 hours, then ride for 1.5 hours in your aerobic heart rate zone (specific to your heart rate spreadsheet).

By paying close attention to how your body responds to stress will improve your overall health and ultimately your performance!

Source: Coach Rob

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