With Heart Zones Patented Technology Many avid fitness folks have been dedicated to treadmill running for years, but few see lasting results. Unfortunately, a lot of people continue with their semi-productive treadmill running workouts and begin to plateau. So, how do we fix that? If you share the Heart Zones mindset, you know it’s time…
Why You Need a Healthy Eating Plan We all know that food is a necessary part of life. Most of us eat 3 meals a day, and even have a few snacks in between. And while eating is something many of us don’t spend much time thinking about, the foods you choose have a HUGE…
With Heart Zones Curated Playlists Picture this. You’re on the last rep of a new personal record in the weight room, or you’re on the home stretch of your final lap around the track. Heart is pounding, sweat is pouring down your back, and your headphones are buzzing to the sound of a beat. We…
How An Active Lifestyle Can Improve Mood It’s safe to say everyone struggles with mental health from time to time, whether it’s general depression and anxiety, stress-related issues from the everyday, or trauma of some degree—we’ve all been there. However, there is strong evidence that a healthy, active lifestyle can have positive effects on mental…
INTERVAL TRAINING FOR COMPETITIVE ATHLETES The first workout type in a high performance program is intervals. Intervals add variety both in your training and in your training benefits, adaptations, so you can most efficiently improve your fitness level. If you are not doing interval training as part of your schedule now, it’s me to start.…
HOW TO BURN THE MOST FAT Fat is burning in every heart zone. The percentage and total amount of fat burned changes in every zone. The change in the amount and percentage of fat burning depends on principally these three factors: • How fit you are • How hard you exercise • What is the…
METABOLIC FITNESS Avoid the numbers on your bathroom scale and pay attention, instead, to the numbers that mean the most: your cholesterol, your blood pressure and your insulin sensitivity. Those numbers reflect metabolic fitness. Metabolism includes all of your body’s energy activities, the chemical reactions and processes that occur every second of your life to…
You Can Be Fat AND Fit ARE YOU A GREYHOUND OR A ST. BERNARD? If you have always been a little fat, yet you’ve cared for the three basic aspects of your health – physical, emotional/mental, and metabolic – then consider your specific biological makeup, your inherited genetics, and your individual physiology. Our genetic…
You don’t have to be thin to be healthy. You don’t have to be thin to be fit. You don’t have to be thin. If your genetic heritage, body type, and metabolism make you susceptible to gaining weight very easily, don’t feel bad. You could be one of evolution’s triumphs, successes. In prehistoric times, the…
Recovery period is one of the least understood and appreciated parts of the training tree, yet it is a critical part of your training phases or periods. (This recovery period is not to be confused with weekly recovery days where you may workout 5 days a week and recover for 2 days. It is also not…