GETTY IMAGESMonitoring your heart rate during training sessions has two main uses: observation and control. Observation is the more straightforward of the two, and you can do it whether your heart rate monitor (HRM) is an entry-level unit
acclimatise, you'll be able to run faster in your heart rate zones, but it would take several weeks to approach your normal levels.In reality, when training at altitude you'll be using your monitor as a means of damage limitation, rather than trying to improve
UAN:190 Article type:ADD PIC OF GRAPHS--The ultimate accessories in the world of heart rate monitoring are the models that can download their data onto a personal computer. They vary between companies, but most models store the data in the watch
allow you to program heart rate ranges, with an upper and a lower limit. If you go too hard or too easy, the alarm will beep at you until you get back into your zone. In this way you achieve the element of control, and its one of the most useful
and certainly fashionable training zones, used for quality aerobic workouts.The Conconi test was developed using 210 runners, and centres on the principle of increasing heart rate with increasing intensity, or speed. What happens is that you run progressively
on your first few runs back, to give them a chance to strengthen up. Your resting heart rate may have risen, and your pace for each of your training heart rate zones will almost certainly have dropped. You should pay attention to what your HRM tells you
