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Aerobic sustained in Yoga?

I signed up for the IronMan Idaho, I did the Boulder IronMan in 2015, and Thermal Yoga was instrumental in my training, hence my working to get back into it. That's why I put the heart rate monitor on for class; I'm working on aerobic sustained maximum heart rate, which I'm still calculating and finding. The rule of thumb, which appears to be pretty accurate, is 180-age; thus, for me, it's 140, but there are some riders, like if you trained a bunch, then add five, etc. I was not in great shape when I started this a couple weeks ago; thus, I was working with 140; I've found that mine is likely closer to 145, as the other "rule of thumb" is you are aerobic if you can breathe through your nose. This indicates to me that I can run at 145, as with anything above that, and I have to take supportive mouth breaths. Thus killing the aerobic workout. 

With a Yin/Yang purpose throughout Thermal Yoga, my guess is that I will soar through that maximum (145) heart rate. That being said, with the breath, I think I could teach my body not to "spike," but this is going to be a whole other venture! Next Wednesday, I will be practicing Yoga, at least I hope so; we will have a brand new family member Atlas, our German Shorthaired Pointer, and therefore, I may not be able to leave him for as long as would be necessary to train, we shall see. If I do get to train, I will include my heart rate monitor, and I will do my best to Yin/Yang, push-pull, strength stretch, and Heart rate breath, all incorporated for 75 minutes; it is my theory that when all is balanced, I could have a "waving" aspect of heart rate but no spikes and no dips, just a flow. 

I completely understand this it is quite a nieve of me to think this can be done before my IronMan; however, even incremental increases in understanding my body's heart rate response to an Areobic workout will go a crazy long way on race day. After all, the only person I'm competing with is me. Therefore, the faster I can finish, the easier it is on my body, but the slower my heart rate, the higher the likelihood of crossing that finish line, which in the end, is the ONLY goal! Quite the Yin-Yang right there. 


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