HEART RATE TRAINING BENEFITS
It is quite amazing that in this day and age you can still find top sports people who do not use heart rate monitors. Perhaps not so surprising is the huge number of people who go to gyms who also do not use them. Also if you are not training knowledgably with heart rate monitors you may as well not be wearing them.
If you want to start working with heart rate training programs immediately, get an Octathalon Training Diary. It will guide you through how to get the most from your training with 30 carefully designed periodised training sessions
With so many people unfit and with heart problems around the world, the heart rate monitor market has grown over the years. However from what we have learnt this could be a disastrous situation where a little knowledge can be very damaging. The key to heart rate training is all about being as precise as is possible and, when you discuss this with people who wear monitors, the vast majority of them display a disturbing vagueness on the subject.
You may have heard that 220 minus your age will give you a heart rate maximum to work to. People are then told to train at percentages of that figure depending on the type of training they are recommended to do. Experts know though that this calculation can be out in some people by up to 25% either way. Added to that, most heart rate monitors are still analogue! These can miss heartbeats and because of that often display inaccurate heart rates as well. There are also severe limitations on data storage with analogue versions. Put all this together and you could be training at far too high a level that could be dangerous for your health or at far too low a level to improve your fitness ! Imprecision in your training can also lead to overtraining and not only can that set you back with your training goals but it also makes you more susceptible to illnesses. So if you are serious about your training for whatever reason, you really need to train with a good digital heart rate monitor with a good understanding of what you are doing and what you need to do.
So an absolute must, if you want to become fit in a safe and healthy way, is a heart rate monitor and instruction from someone who knows about the subject in detail. If you can get a digital one you will also be so much better off. Currently the only ones on the market we can recommend are the Suunto heart rate monitors and in particular the T6.
So from what you have read you might now understand the need for precision, whether you are a beginner to fitness, someone who is looking to return to full health, whether you are young or old and even if you are looking to achieve higher sporting performances, digital heart rate technology will help you get there quickly and safely.
In addition to that measuring the intensity of your training is critical to your developing health and fitness and good heart rate monitors and educated trainers and coaches can help you here as well. For example your heart rate maximum varies over time in cycles. Depending on what equipment you are using and what you have done beforehand, your heart rate training ranges might be slightly out if you are looking for maximum benefit. You need to learn about these and other things if you want to better your performance
Surprisingly, there are next to no training programs available to help the average gym member which is why we created the Octathalon Induction Handbook and the Octathalon Induction course. We have designed them to be flexible enough for everyone to use as long as you are working through them with an Octathalon trainer as they will be helping to tailoring your training to the correct intensity level and heart rate range for you at the stage you are at in your training.
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