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) isnāt easy when weāre 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, āthe naming of names,ā 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 āfailuresā in diets…
Prompt: How has wearable technology, such as heart rate monitors and other activity trackers, changed the way you approach your fitness? “Wearable heart monitors, blood oxygen readers, and activity trackers have extremely changed the way I see fitness. They have given me more areas to be aware of as well as a better range of…
Principle No. 2 of Heart Zones Training: Multiple zones give multiple benefits. Remember all those charts on the walls of aerobics or weightrooms, charts listing our ātarget heart rate zoneā? Good. Now forget them. If we want the individualized benefits of Heart Zones Training, weāre going to forget about that single, set zone and concentrate…
Principle No. 1 of Heart Zones Training: Your sneakers are fitted; your training should be, too. Every fitness plan has the holy ground of principle: āThou shalt not allow a cookie to cross thine lipsā…āThou shalt run ātil thou dropā…āThou shalt suffer pain, then gain.ā Heart Zones Training, too, has its principles, but there are…
Here at Heart Zones, we want to educate you on everything related to heart rate training. We believe that the more educated you are, the more effective your workouts will be, and the healthier you will be! Heart rate training can seem intimidating at first if you aren’t familiar with it and heart rate jargon…
Whether you are aiming for a weight-loss or any fitness goal, it is always essential for you to listen and know what your body is telling you. As being one of the leading causes of death in the recent times, cardiovascular diseases are very much subtle in its whole form. Although you intend to say…
7 Steps to Using a Heart Rate Monitor Heart Zones Training with your mind-body link ā the heart rate monitor – may seem confusing at first. Youāll be learning and discovering new ways of looking at the effort you put out, new ways of understanding fitness that you were never taught in your physical…