Dear all, I am in training for the my first marathon in September and am training with my run partner on a regualr basis. As we run she consistently has a high heart rate if you go by the Karvonen formula. She is 31yrs old and has exercised to a
How To Find Your Maximum Heart RateA heart rate monitor can help to ensure that you don’t work too hard – or take it too easy! – in training sessions. Depending on the session, your target heart rate will be anywhere between 60 and 95% of your
to Heart Rate Training a go.However I am finding my running pace soooo slow (eg in November I got a PB at just under 8 min miles for a 10 mile race - although was injured straight afterwards and didn't enjoy the race) and using the 70% rule (and I
at least a minute for your heart rate to stabilise. The important thing to remember is that your HRM is there mainly as a passive observer. Its best function in interval training is to collect data for comparison over time, and throwing caution to the wind
By using a heart rate monitor while you train, you'll know exactly what impact your workout is having.Unlike trying to judge your own efforts, your heart rate is a completely objective measure of how hard you're working, so you'll be able to fine
supply, which leads to an accumulation of lactate and rapid fatigue: go too easy and you may not be training hard enough to gain the maximum benefit to your aerobic capacity. In short, there must be an element of control, which is where your heart rate
GETTY IMAGESCross-training can be quite an education for an HRM user. You've probably spent time fine-tuning ideal heart rate bands for your various running sessions, to the point where keeping to them is almost second nature. But when you climb
.runnersworld.co.uk forum about something called base training' and thought I'd give it a go."Building an endurance base by slowly adding mileage to steady runs is a tried and tested technique, but base training using a heart-rate monitor (HRM) is an idea conceived
increased for the same HR, and the walk breaks reduced. When I started my heart rate training I was doing 17-minute miles when running, and got down to 13-minute miles. My first run home from work took over two hours, and as time went on I reduced
