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Setting up your workout Since your maximum heart rate won’t change much with age if you continue to be fit, you won’t ever have to readjust your zones – they are yours for a lifetime. Your Heart Zone Training System You are ready. You have everything you need to start your program: a heart rate…
How to Get Started Physical activity is one of life’s most individual pursuits. Still, many people have found they work out better with others so they can get on-the-spot feedback and motivation for their fitness efforts. When you have a heart rate monitor, it doesn’t matter if you are working out alone or with a…
Determine your maximum heart rate Know the Training Zones Now you will use your maximum heart rate to set your training zones as a percentage of your maximum. Before reading this manual, you may have heard about the TARGET HEART ZONE. Well, unfortunately, there is no one zone, no single range of heart rates, that…
Importance of exercise and the benefits of heart rate monitors Regular exercise is the most dramatic adjustment that an individual can make to ensure good health, and the medical literature is replete with evidence of the benefits of physical activity on health and longevity. Exercise improves all aspects of cardiovascular health. In particular, regular exercise…
Fitness is defined as “the ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue, and with ample energy to enjoy leisure time pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergencies.” Yet physical fitness means different things to a dancer, marathon runner, lumberjack, mailman, and weight lifter. It’s also a relative term, in that…