Among combat athletes, heart rate recovery between rounds (e.g., 50-60 beats drop in one minute from 160-180 bpm) is a key indicator of conditioning and readiness.

“if they're doing a simulated fight round to where it's three FS or 55s I want them to be able to drop in the 130s between every round”

“we'd want to see them drop in the 130s again this is seated going from standing to seated but they should be able get the heart rate back in the 130s between each round ideally before they go for a fight if they could do that and they were fighting at high level Pace you knew they were in pretty good condition and they'd be ready to go out and go”

“and so we would use heart rate recovery between rounds as a really good G it's one minute between rounds between rounds yes exactly and they would sit down between rounds so we could standardize that and so I would use that drop as a very good gauge of how well conditioned is this athlete”

“I would want them to get to 130s between each round we we' simulate this in sparring rounds getting leading up to the fight we wouldn't measure it during the fight obviously but if they're doing a simulated fight round where it's 35s or 55s I want them to be able to drop in the 130s between every round”