Heart rate training
The zones There are quite a few heart rate zone charts- some have 7 zones, some 5, some 4. When I did my pt training we used the 5 zone model: Zone 1 – Moderate Activity – 50-60% of maximum heart rate Maintenance, or warm up/cool down mode. Zone 2 – Weight Control (fitness/fat burn) [...]
LT training for everyone!
Lactate threshold training There is a lot of discussion about lactate threshold training on the fitness websites I frequent. There also seems to be some confusion about what the benefits are in this type of training for ‘regular’ people who want to lose a bit of weight, or who maybe want to take part in [...]
Heart rate and weight loss
Trying to figure out what heart rate you should be training at can be confusing. Most people I see want to lose weight/fat and tone up, so I will write from that perspective here. If you go to a gym, or have a cardio machine at home, you will notice a general guide to heart [...]
Anaerobic exercise: what it is and why you want it
Most people already know about aerobic training and what it does for your body, however not enough people know about anaerobic exercise or incorporate it into their exercise routine. Let’s look at why you should. The word ‘anaerobic’ means ‘without oxygen’. Anaerobic exercise is performed at high intensity over a short period of time. Examples [...]
