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What are training and HR zones?

Heart rate training is a progression from running by feel or running by pace, as both methods can be inherently inaccurate.
Heart rate zones represent different percentages of your maximum heart rate. They can help guide the intensity and effectiveness of your workouts. The benefits of exercise are widespread and include ...
The more insight you possess for your workouts, the more successful they become. That's why it's important to understand how to calculate your fat-burning heart rate and then implement this knowledge ...
Learn how to calculate target heart rate in a way that actually reflects your physiology, according to a clinical exercise physiologist. I belong to several Facebook fitness groups, and always found ...
What Does a High Resting Heart Rate Mean? The ups and downs of HRV can be so tricky to navigate, in fact, that most doctors, even cardiologists, don’t factor it into treatment plans for their patients ...
You glance at your heart rate monitor during a tough run and an unusually high number jumps out at you. Should you be excited or concerned?
A good resting heart rate depends on your age, gender, level of physical fitness, and overall lifestyle. Here's what you need to know.
Not that it was ever unpopular, but it’s fair to say that running is going through somewhat of a renaissance right now. Data released by Sport England in April of this year revealed that 250,000 more ...
Heart rate recovery (HRR) is the capacity for the heart to return to its natural rate after elevation. It generally measures how quickly the heart rate decreases after exercise. Someone’s heart rate ...
In my toolbox article last month, I introduced the concept of using your Heart Rate Variability (HRV) – the difference in timing between subsequent heartbeats – to provide insight into how you are ...