America's Cup 2021: Emirates Team NZ confident their speed will beat cool, calm Jimmy Spithill
The focus turns to getting match-racing fit and that means a cool, calm head and heart. Luna Rosa helmsman Spithill certainly has the cool heart rate. At one point during the Prada Cup challenger final, his rate was just 66 beats per minute, as the team was flying at high speeds during racing. At the same time, co-helmsman Francesco Bruni heart was beating at almost twice that rate on 118 beats per minute. Fitness trainer Abe Dyer says Spithill's active heart rate is not even normal for an athlete. "Elite athletes will have an elevated heart rate, because their adrenalin is real high," Dy...
Source: newshub.co.nz