Category Archives: Measure It and Metabolism

Heart Rate Based Training: Part Four

Part Four So you can keep your place in your thoughts let me help you with this overview: by showing several examples of HRP’s you are getting used to looking at these ‘graphs’ and beginning to understand some of the information … Continue reading

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Heart Rate Based Training: Part Three

Part Three OK, lets jump right into another heart rate profile. I will be using these profiles to introduce more ideas and then we will develop them further so that you can use the concepts in your own HRBT. The below … Continue reading

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More On Calories: Why Calories Don’t Count

Look, start with a basic, almost intuitive, fact: if a room full of people, not all related, sat around and ate exactly the same thing in exactly the same thing in exactly the same amounts and did exactly the same things … Continue reading

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Heart Rate Based Training: Part Two

Part Two Before you plunge back in; keep in mind you are learning something of amazing importance to your health and your athletic performance. If you are 20 and trying to qualify for the Olympics in the mile or 70 … Continue reading

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Heart Rate Based Training: How and Why

Part One Most people are familiar with checking their heart rate; when you do a spin class or road bike hill ascent training. Almost everyone knows how to check their pulse at the neck or wrist to determine their pulse … Continue reading

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