http://www.247healthshop.co.uk/blog For everything in health, fitness and nutirition thn 247healthshop is the resource to find everything in one place. en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:58:08 +0000 Heart rate training Blogware 247 Health Shop http://www.247healthshop.co.uk/blog/_archives/2008/10/15/3931170.html http://www.247healthshop.co.uk/blog/_archives/2008/10/15/3931170.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:52:00 +0100 Heart Rate Training is an effective tool for building both your cardiovascular capacity, your ability to train at higher levels of intensity, increase the effectiveness of energy usage and increasing your overall health. <br> <br> Monitoring your heart rate to train in different heart rate zones is key to this technique. When in a periodization schedule, you follow a cyclic pattern of training in different zones to target each energy system. <br> <br> In order to best utilize your training time when cycling indoors (commonly known as Spinning®), you need to know your heart rates, resting and maximum. With this information, you can derive your heart rate zones. <br> <br> You maximum heart rate is genetically determined and does not truly fluctuate in adults that drastically. Only with increasing age and living a sedentary lifestyle will your maximum heart rate drop. But, since the max heart rate is unique to your body chemistry and composition, it ... Main Page Heart rate training rate cycling fitness heart