Yet Another Reason to Use a Heart Rate Monitor

This is a true story. It is not intended to scare people, but to make people aware of the safety factor that wearing a heart rate monitor while training can provide.
A number of years ago I was doing pick-ups (2-minute surges with a 1-minute recovery) with a masters age triathlete. We were both wearing our [...]

You Gotta Have Heart, Miles & Miles & Miles of Heart!

This is part four in a series about heart rate training: Part one is about Karnoven Heart Rate Training Zones/Targets, part two is about your Resting Heart Rate and part three deals with Maximum Heart Rate.
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I have an admission to make. I am fantastically craptacular at knowing how fast I should be running for any [...]

How to Accurately Determine Your Maximum Heart Rate & Have An Out of Body Experience At the Same Time

continued from parts one and two
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According to a Google search on the subject, Maximum Heart Rate can be defined in the following ways:

The fastest and hardest your heart can pump without going into fibrillation. Rate differs according to age.
Funny but true! If you’ve ever done a real test of your MHR, you’ll probably think it [...]

The What, Why & How of Your Resting Heart Rate

Last week, I talked about using the Karnoven Method for determining accurate heart rate training targets/zones, and promised I’d return this week with information about Resting Heart Rate (RHR) and Maximum Heart Rate (MHR).
Today, I’ll talk about RHR. Please come by tomorrow for the MHR discussion.
Five Things You Should Know About Your Resting Heart Rate

The [...]

Use the Karvonen Method to Determine Your Heart Rate Training Targets

The basis for how you determine your target heart rate may not be exactly correct.
In the past when I figured out the heart rates I should be training at, I used training zones like the ones listed below and described by Sports Coach Brian Mac:
The Energy Efficient/Recovery Zone - 60% to 70%
The Aerobic Zone [...]