Heart Rate Monitors
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HRM's are good if your not used to training, comming back or starting out to find out what level you are running at and how it feels.
After a while you should use the HRM to confirm your intensity. Use it with the Borg scale (google it if you don't know what it is)to relate the feel of the work with the target HR and after a while you'll be able to wean yourself off looking at the HRM or use it to confirm that you are doing.
I still use my HRM to record what ive done and the alarms so i don't go mad on good days! (I wish!)
It's too easy to go overboard - just because you can go harder doesn't mean you should. It all helps to have a proper plan to your training as well !! (Not casting anything on anyone !!! )
BUT (There's always a but!) The fitter you get the easier it will feel after a while which will also mean that your HR will start to steadily drop, so you need to reset your zones once in a while.
Main reason the big boys go and tested regulary in a lab.
Enough there i guess.
After a while you should use the HRM to confirm your intensity. Use it with the Borg scale (google it if you don't know what it is)to relate the feel of the work with the target HR and after a while you'll be able to wean yourself off looking at the HRM or use it to confirm that you are doing.
I still use my HRM to record what ive done and the alarms so i don't go mad on good days! (I wish!)
It's too easy to go overboard - just because you can go harder doesn't mean you should. It all helps to have a proper plan to your training as well !! (Not casting anything on anyone !!! )
BUT (There's always a but!) The fitter you get the easier it will feel after a while which will also mean that your HR will start to steadily drop, so you need to reset your zones once in a while.
Main reason the big boys go and tested regulary in a lab.
Enough there i guess.
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