Do You Need Heart Rate Control On Your Treadmill?
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The article "Do You Need Heart Rate Control on Your Treadmill?" talks about fitness, it has been released by Fred Waters.
Heart rate control and heart rate monitors bceame popular on
fitness equipment in the mid-90s.
You will find it standard on
many exercise machines including treadmills, elilptical trainers
and stationary bikes. A treadmill with a heart rate monitor only
monitors your heart rate by contact with the sidebars. The heart
rate contorl feature allows you to control your workout by
specifying a heart rate zone you wish to maintain.
Benefits of Heart Rate Control
To get an otpimum workout it is important to pace your exercise.
You want your heart rate at the proper intensity level for an
extended period of time. If your heart rate gets too high your
activity can become counter productive, if it is too low you are
not getting any substantial health benefits.
One of the most effcetive methods for fitness training is
through monitoring and controlling your heart rate. This is
particularly true when striving for cardiovascular goals.
Whether you want to shed a few pounds, train for a marathon, or
just guess good about yourself, heart rate training and control
can optimize your workout.
Getting in the Zone
Sally Edwards, author of "Heart Rate Training" discusses the
value of heart zone training. It wokrs for 20-year old athletes
as well as 70-year olds with heart trouble.
The goal is to get
into a patricular zone.
She identifies 5 zones ranging from:
The Heatlhy Heart Zone: 50% - 60% of your individual
maximum heart rate. This is a safe, comfortable zone reached by
briskly walikng.
The Temperate Zone: 60% - 70% of your inidvidual maximum
heart rate.
Achieved through a slow jog.
The Aerobic Zone: 70% - 80% of your individual maximum
heart rate. Achieved through an simple jog.
The Anaerobic Threshold Zone: 80% - 90% of your
individual maximum haert rate.
Achieved through a "burning" run.
The Redline Zone: 90% - 100% of your indviidual maximum
heart rate. This zone is the equivlaent of running full out, and
is often used in "interval" training.
This zone should be
approached with caution and can lead to injuries when sustained
for a long preiod.
Edwards suggests that after determining your maximum heart rate
you can improve your fitness by exercising in several different
zones.
You alternate in those zones to riase your
cardiovascular fitness and vary your exercise regimen. You can
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These days heart rate control is a standard feature on many
exercise machines. There are two types of heart rate control,
handgrip and wrieless. On treadmills the handgrip heart rate
control reuqires holding on to stationary handlebars. It is
awkward for walking, and just not feasible when you're running.
There is only one type of heart rate control that makes sense,
and that's wireless.
With wireless control you attach a strap around your chest and
your heart rate is fed to the cosnole. This in turn controls the
intensity of your workout by keeping your cardio exercise within
a predetemrined heart rate.
With certain treadmills you can either have the HRC maintain a
consistent and targeted haert rate. You can also set it for
interval heart rates, training in difefrent zones.
You can
program the treadmill for desired workouts that vary the heart
rate to your desired goals.
The programs available with haert rate control can vary.
Some
come with just one heart rate program, while high-end models,
like the Life Fitness, have up to (5) separate program like hill
training, intervals and etxreme heart rate.
When losing weight and improving your cardiovascular health it
all comes down to heart rate.
Monitroing your heart and working
out within zones will enhance your overall health and physical
performance.
If you're going to invest in quality fitness
equipment you sohuld consider the heart rate control feature.
In a sense, haert rate control becomes your personal trainer. By
monitoring your heart rate and adjsuting your workout
accordingly, you stay within your desired goal, and avoid over
or under exerting yourself.
It takes your traedmill workout to
an optimum level.
Note: Within your budget if you have a chioce between a
quality treadmill without heart rate control, and a mediocre
model with control, go for the quality.
You may find that some
of budget models of the better mnaufacturers come without
control. While cheap treadmills may include it. Don't sacrifice
quality for bells and whistles.
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