Heart rate monitor 2

The Heart Rate Monitor: Why it's useful to you 2

In order to determine your max heart rate (beats per minute - bpm) = 220 minus your age. This is merely an approximation as there is a variation among individuals who are the same age. You can take an exercise stress test to determine your maximum heart rate. If you are under age 35, you should definitely have a physical examination before taking any type of stress test.

You may create a target zone for your workout routine after you have established your maximum heart rate. You may create various target zones for the different types of workouts you are performing. During a person's training program, there are usually different workouts involved such as long distance running and high intensity intervals.

By utilizing a heart rate monitor, you are more likely to stay in that certain zone which will allow you to accomplish your goals for that particular workout. With this type of training schedule you have the advantage of accounting for improvement. For example, when a 35 year old man has a certain average per mile for a 10km workout and an average heart rate of a certain bpm, as he improves his pace, his average heart rate will decrease for the same period of time that he runs. If he is merely focused on keeping a certain time per mile, he will come to a point where his workout no longer will challenge his aerobic system. At that point, he will not improve, but can only maintain his fitness level. On the other hand, if he focuses on keeping a certain average bpm for his workout, he will overload his aerobic system. As a result, his average time per mile will continually decrease as his body becomes more conditioned.

Consider that if a person is running into a head wind, he will work extra hard per mile. In that situation, the heart rate monitor will assist him to keep the load constant, even though his time will not be as fast.

Heart Rate Monitor 2