Giants will be the first NFL team to monitor players’ heart rates
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
The Giants this off season will be monitoring the heart rates of 15 players as a kind of test study to see if they can identify when players overtrain and stuff. Apparently runners and other track and other endurance athletes have been doing this a while – a lower heart rate at rest indicates better conditioning and there are implications for how much recovery time is needed.
Surprisingly, no NFL team has yet to do it according to a quote in this article. Let’s hope it helps cut down on injuries.
