keeping my HR up during cardio

[jtuner77]

I have been having trouble the last few days getting my HR up and keepin it up.

Last Sunday it wasn't an issue and never really has but so far this week I have fought tooth and nail to get my HR up. I am using the HR monitoring system on both the machine as well as my watch and I fight very hard at both a low resistance as well as a higher one to get my HR up and then once I get it up it drops off very quickly. I also notice this same issue during my weight training. Where normally I shoot up to 140-150 during the set but as soon as I stop I drop 20-30bpm like it's nothing(within 20-30 seconds.)

Anyone have any clue what this might be? The only thing I can think of is my sensor strap is lose or needs to be tightened.

Any one else ever run into this problem?

[spywizard]

yes, when you recover quickly it shows a healthy heart and capability, it's what you want..

you can either increase the pace, or the resistance..

if you are weight training depending on your goals..

strength training using a hrt monitor your recovery should be 110 then start the next set.. it should spike.. your 1st set it will take a very short time to recover 25-40 seconds 2, 3, sets should take longer, otherwise you are not using enough weight..

also, 4-6 reps is for strength power lifters
8-12 endurance athletes
12-24 is for stamina long distance running

if you are going for size and cut, 125 should be the recovery hrt rate... after a time, i've gotten myself up to 135 is my recovery and still barely be able to complete the last rep of the last set..

that's the secret to anarobic weight training the recovery time that you take til you do the next rep..

the differences is 110 is developing myofiberal response

and 125 -135 is increasing mitochondrial development.. endurance training/increasing the amount of energy that can be stored in the muscle tissue itself.