Peg’s Posts – Follow your heart
Why train with heart rate? To boil it down to one simple concept, it’s so you can see whether you’re training too hard or not hard enough. Relying on pace or speed data isn’t enough, because heart rate is a better indicator of how hard your body is working. Your exertion level can vary depending on factors such as level of fitness, outside factors like weather and temperature and even how you feel on a particular day. Stress, fatigue and sickness can elevate your heart rate, so a workout under these conditions may feel “hard” even when you back off on your speed or distance.
There are 5 generally recognized zones. The Forerunner 205/305 owner’s manual provides a description of each zone and the benefits of training at that level. View the HR zone table. Unless you’ve undergone VO2 max testing (generally consists of a treadmill test and some calculations done by a fitness trainer), a basic formula for determining your max heart rate is: 220 – your age. Another formula is: 217 – (0.85 x age). You can also search online and find various calculators that figure your max based on your resting heart rate, age and gender. Regardless of which method you use, once you’ve determined your max, you can plug it into your Forerunner 301 or 305 or Edge 305 and let the device calculate your zones for you.
On the Forerunner 305, go to main menusettings and then select a sport. Now select HR zones, highlight the “max” field and enter your max heart rate. On the Edge 305, go to main menusettingszonesHR zones. From here, you can highlight the “max” field and enter your magic number. Your device will automatically calculate the ranges for zones 1 through 5. If you want to set the values manually, highlight the “zones” field, press enter, and then select .” Then highlight each field and change the value as needed. You can customize your Forerunner or Edge pages to display heart rate and/or heart rate zone.
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