The search has been on for the fountain of youth since before poor Ponce de Leon ever set foot on Florida soil, but it’s beginning to look like our goal is in sight. Ponce, a Spanish explorer who arrived in the new world in the 1500’s, may have died from the blood-thirsty mosquitoes, but many…
Heart Zones FIT Points Thanks to Ken Cooper, MD, writing the paradigm-shifting book Aerobics almost fifty years ago, the world has taken a giant step forward by following his exercise prescription of counting “aerobic points”. He carefully designed a new generation of exercise and sparked a revolution in fitness that was based on important principles,…
Using a Heart Rate Monitor to Screen for Heart Health in Physical Education© “One of the reasons I first became interested in the Heart Zones Move Solution was for its ability to ‘screen’ students for potential heart health challenges. A number of years ago, I had a 4th grade student go down in my PE…
TRAINING HEART RATE NOT TARGET HEART RATE Busting some myths is harder than others. Busting the target heart rate theory is more difficult than keeping off the twenty pounds from the last diet. Few succeed at keeping the weight off, but we’ll take a shot at target heart rates anyway. The target heart rate zone…
What is Maximum Heart Rate? Maximum heart rate is the highest number of times per minute your heart can contract. This makes sense, doesn’t it? It’s the heart rate at the point of exhaustion in an all-out short effort. You can continue to increase your intensity, but when you reach the maximum heart rate point,…
The Heart Rate Monitor: History & More The heart rate monitor was in the realm of sci-fi not so very long ago. Researchers started checking heart rates around 1912, using water buckets as counterweights in the first laboratory model. The first electronic heart-monitoring tool, the electrocardiograph, was originally the size of a room, and even…
Principle No. 5 of Heart Zones Training is a System. Once you pick the one that suits you, then you know where you are going to spend time in the heart zones. The KISS Principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid) isn’t easy when we’re talking about all the parts of the whole, then integrating that whole…
Principle No. 4 of Heart Zones Training: Wellness is a Continuum. The great science fiction writer Ray Bradbury once wrote about, “the naming of names,” the all-too-human urge to make sure everything has a handle for us to hold on to. We in the fitness industry are no different. In fact, think about the word…
Principle No. 3 of Heart Zones Training: You manage best what you can measure and monitor. This simple statement has become a mantra for American business over the last few years, and it needs to be a personal mantra for every one of us. Why? Think about it; many of our so-called “failures” in diets…
Through local fundraisers and the persistence of Deb VanKlei, which led to a PEP grant, Stillwater Public Schools was able to secure 3 heart zones systems and step trackers. You know faculty really cares about their students when they go to such great lengths to find an alternative solution to enhance the enjoyment of PE…