| Over the past 20
years, heart rate monitors (HRMs) have
gained widespread popularity among fitness enthusiasts
and elite athletes. These wireless devices monitor
the body’s levels of cardiovascular and physiological
stress during exercise, so users can adjust their
training intensity for the safest, most effective
workouts.
While more people are buying HRMs, few know how
to maximize their use. Precision Heart Rate Training
is the best, most complete resource for anyone
who wants to use an HRM to get optimal results.
Written by prominent authorities from a variety
of sports and fitness activities and backed by
Polar Electro, the leading manufacturer of HRMs,
Precision Heart Rate Training fully explains why
and how to train with a heart rate monitor.
Editor Edmund R. Burke, a former Olympic coach
who began working with HRMs in 1983, introduces
the basic concepts of heart rate training. He
explains how various factors affect heart rate
during exercise, then presents several methods
for establishing target heart rates.
Burke also introduces the concept of training
zones, or ways of describing training intensity,
ranging from very light activity to training for
improved performance. Using these zones as a framework,
an all-star panel of experts explains how to design
and use training programs for seven different
sports and fitness activities:
• Walking - Therese Iknoian
• Running - Roy Benson
• Cycling - Joe Friel
• In-line Skating - Frank Fedel
• Multisport Training - Tim Moore
• Circuit Training - Wayne Westcott
• Group Exercise - Jay Blahnik
Each chapter contains training suggestions specific
to the activity described, including how to find
the optimal training intensity, design an effective
training program, and adjust workout intensity,
plus sample workouts or programs, or both.
For those who want to develop an effective long-term
training plan, Jim Dotter, founder of Biometrics,
Inc., provides guidelines for setting up a measurable
training system using HRMs and explains how to
adjust the plan through the season.
With HRMs, athletes and exercisers at every level
can use high-tech biofeedback training to develop
sophisticated programs for better performance.
Precision Heart Rate Training shows them how to
use today’s training technology to their fullest
advantage.
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