How To Use Heart Rate In Swim Training | Swimming Smarter

How do we use heart rate in swimming? There are now a number of different products on the market that utilise this technology and can be used in the water. Mark & Heather have been investigating with the help of our channel partner, Polar!
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Despite heart rate training being around since the 1970s, it is still very rarely being used in swimming. This isn’t to say swimming couldn’t benefit from heart rate measurement…athletes and coaches have been wanting it for years…the barrier has been getting the technology to work well in the water whilst swimming.
However, thanks to optical heart rate measurement that barrier is now history. There are now a number of different products on the market that utilise this technology and can be used in the water. But how do we use heart rate in swimming?!
Well, with the help of our channel partner, Polar, we are going to answer just that, and how to make your swimming smarter.
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