TARGET ZONE & FITNESS TRAINING
What is Target Zone Heart Rate Training? In order to benefit the
most from your workout, you need to become familiar with your
heart rate training zone. By working within the correct range, you
will achieve your fitness goals and strengthen your cardiovascular
system in less time. Here is basically how it works.
Effective conditioning requires that you maintain your heart rate at
the proper level for at least 20 minutes per workout (or per day). At
too high of a heart rate your activity can become counter effective.
For most people, as your heart rate exceeds 85% (the upper limit),
your body begins to become anaerobic and produce acids. This
also burns less fat which can begin to burn and strain muscles, and
even start storing fat. As for the lower limit, this number tells you
when you have reached a level of intensity that is productive. A
heart monitor will tune you into your body's internal activity level
and helps prevent injury or worse.
To make this part easy for you, the V100HR automatically sets the
correct target zone for you after you enter in your age in the heart
rate setup mode. The internal auto-setting is based on a generally
accepted standard range of 65 to 85% of your maximum HR (where
max HR = 220 - Age).
There are many variations of formulas for calculating target zones.
In most cases they will come up with a range very close to or the
same as the auto-setting of the V100HR. If you prefer to fine-tune or
program your own limits, this can also be done in the HR Setting
Mode (see page 30). The internal automatic TZ calculation is based
on the following example:
DETERMINING YOUR TARGET ZONE
