Fitness Technologies and the American Childhood Health Crisis When researchers see signs of heart disease in American children as young as 8 years old, it becomes clear that the issue of childhood health problems caused by obesity and physical inactivity cannot be ignored. We propose that some of the most effective solutions to this crisis…
Kay Mamo is a Level 3 Certified Heart Zones Trainer and is impacting many lives through heart rate training. Meet Raymond Kropp, one of Kay’s clients and friends. Raymond is 68 and has found threshold heart rate training at a time in his life when he needed it. This is his story, in his words.…
Indoor Cycling – General Overview The concept of indoor cycling is credited to Jonny āGā (Goldberg) who was a form pro cyclist. As a near bicycle accident with a car occurred during a night session while training for the RAAM (Race Across America), he sought a safer way to train. Jonny āGā developed the first…
We do better when we do activities together. If you are tired of starting and then quitting a workout program? Ready for a change? There are a lot of different ways to make fitness training a daily habit but I recommend one of the best … camaraderie. That is because we do better whether it…
On January 12th, I, Sally Edwards, moderated a panel at Digital Health Summit, part of the CES, Consumer Electronic Show, titled āThe End of the Couch Potato: How to use Technology to Motivateā. The question that I posed and asked of the panel is the big hairy one: How do these device tools help you…
Health Coach = Success? Health coaches are specially trained health and fitness-care professionals who do one-on-one consulting in the wellness area of individualās lives. Take Mike Anderson-Thomas as an example. He is zeroing in on the big Five O birthday. In his heart, he knows that it is time to get healthy. After his annual…
Take out 220 – Age As a pioneer in fitness training, Sally Edwards, MA, MBA created a cardiovascular trainingĀ system based on five key heart rate training zones, each built on 10% of your maximum heart rate. The system is popularly known as HZT, Heart Zones Trainng. The five zones HZT system was first developed…
Cycling Fusion + Heart Zones The first fitness training and education company to offer an indoor cycling (IC) certification using power meters and watts-based workouts, Heart Zones is the leader in educating riders using the power of power. Ā Thanks to the early support and encouragement from industry leaders Saris (CyclOps) and Keiser (M3)Ā with their…
Pinkhouse (aka Paul Camerer) almost 10 years ago, started the first āgarage gymā named after the color of his east Sacramento home. Today, he is nearing his 92nd birthday and he wanted to continue to demonstrate that maximum and threshold heart rate do not decline with age as many believe. Pinkhouse is but one example…
Don’t Use the Term Anaerobic Exercise Most people may think that the reason you begin to fatigue is that you go “anaerobic” or reach an intensity when there is not enough oxygen for your running muscles to contract. That is, that you reach an effort or intensity levels when the demand for oxygen out-strips the…