heart rate monitor

The 5 Heart Zones

After about 4 months of using my Polar F6 heart rate monitor, i have expert that working out at different heart rate ranges affect the committee differently and that working yourself out at maximum exertion is not inevitably beneficial to your body. In fact, there is an optimal object depending on your personal goal. I also learned that working out on the characters upper class zones is not cumulative (i.e., that you DO NOT gain the benefits of the other zones below it).

In the earmark Heart Zones Cycling by Sally Edwards and Sally Reed, they describe two methods for determining these heart zones: either by figuring out the summit heart rate (HRmax) or aerobic treshhold (aka VT1). These are at the end of the day identical except for Zone 5 where the treshhold based reach is further subdivided into 3 subareas (5a, 5b and 5c). For simplicity, I wil just boundary the one based on maximum heart rate here which divides the heart zones from 1 to 5.

Zone 1 (50% to 60% of HRmax)

calories burned make for a acquire from 10% carb, 85% fat, 5% protein less than 4 calories per flash VO2: 28 to 39 first point of aerobic benefits calories catch primarily from fat used for maintaining a healthy heart benefit metabolism mood improvement improved self-rank works well for a gentle recovery ride reduces blood cholesterol lowers blood prevail upon stabilized body weight

Zone 2 (60% to 70% of HRmax)

calories burned around from 15% carb, 80% fat, 5% protein less than 7 calories per two shakes of a lamb's tail log VO2: 40 to 58 used for building skeletal muscle get decreases body fat improved aerobic aim increase mitochondria more efficient fat metabolism standard for warm ups and cool downs

Zone 3 (70% to 80% of HRmax)

calories burned roll in from 55% carb, 40% fat, 5% protein less than 10 calories per two secs VO2: 49 to 70 oxygen consumption VO2max increases endorphins, a accentuation reducer, are released (resulting in cyclist's height) key fitness zone builds resistance to tiredness increased...

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