Precision Heart Rate Training

by Edmund R. Burke (Editor)

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.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Fitness, Reference

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kevin Day · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm nearly 40 y.o. guy, and us geezers need all the training tips we can get. I've only read the general section and the section on running so far, might be all I read. The most important and helpful info was the detailed steps for determining resting heart rate, and maximum heart rate, and there's a chart in the running section that allows you to draw a line connecting RHR and MHR, easily calculates your various workout ranges (as % of MHR).

I realized after reading this that I was generally doing very little aerobic workout, becuase I usually ran and did cardio exercises at too high a range. I've bought a new monitor and changed my workout routine, but still too soon to notice much of a difference. I'm now playing pickup soccer on sunday mornings, and I hope this new trainiing means I won't be sucking wind quite as hard!!

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is decent. It's packed with a lot of good information but the formatting on it isn't very good. It's not organized well at all either. The routines are helpful and I've been using it for some time, but the book seems focused on cycling, running, and roller blading It does a poor job of explaining the foundations of heart rate training and doesn't explain the fundamentals of building a routine until the end of the book. I'm definitely looking for something a bit better, a bit more focused on outdoor type sports. Mountaineering, backpacking, adventure racing, etc.

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

More detail than I needed, but good info.

[Anne Walbridge · Rating 1 out of 5]

I slogged through the relevant chapters, reading paragraphs over and over, slowly deciphering the bizarrely small type on the charts, taking all these notes... until I got to the point where the book basically said your heart rate really doesn't matter all that much -- it's just a neat thing to know.

[Chan]

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