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The Prime Heart
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How Heart Rate Monitoring Will Work For You
by Paul Scott - from
OutsideOnline 1) Buy a heart-Rate monitor (HRM) In order to
get the most out of the interval training used in The Shape of Your Life
program, a midlevel HRM that can calculate average heart rate and provide
target-zone programming with an audible alarm will be the most effective. With
those functions, you'll be able to bump into higher and lower heart-rate zones
(see step 3, below) without looking at the watch face.
Click here to go to the
Polar Heartrate Monitor Resource Center to find a
model that best suits you.
2) Calculate
your maximum heart rate (MHR) Your MHR will determine the numbers
that define your training zones. Use the following formula to determine your
baseline MHR.
217 - (your age x 0.85) = MHR
(in beats per minute)
Example: If you're 35, that comes out to
217 - 30 = 187 bpm. For rowing, subtract another 3 bpm. For cycling, subtract
another 5 bpm. For swimming, subtract another 14 bpm.
3) Establish your four heart-rate zones
A little more math and you're done. Using your MHR as a baseline, write down
the corresponding heart rates for the following zones: recovery (60 percent of
your MHR); aerobic (60-75 percent of MHR); lactate threshold, or LT (75-90
percent of MHR); and anaerobic (90 percent of MHR and above). You'll use these
numbers to work out at prescribed intensities during each month's
regimen.
Individual lactate thresholds vary widely among athletes. If
you've let fitness slip for a while, your LT probably falls at the low end of
Zone 3 (maybe 75 to 80 percent of MHR); if you're in good shape already, LT may
hover closer to 80 or 85 percent. On Friday of week two of The Shape of Your
Life program, you'll perform a workout designed to determine your LT more
accurately for the upcoming intervals. At the end of each month you'll take a
one-mile LT test to see if you've pushed it back.
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