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Precision Heart Rate Training
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Product Description
Foreword: Dave Scott
Over the past 20 years, heart rate monitors (HRMs) have gained widespread popularity among fitness enthusiasts and elite athletes. Thesewireless devices monitor the bodys levels of cardiovascular and physiologicalstress during exercise, so users can adjust their training intensity for thesafest, most effective workouts.
While more people are buying HRMs, few know how to maximize their use. PrecisionHeart Rate Training is the best, most complete resource for anyone who wantsto use an HRM to get optimal results. Written by prominent authorities from avariety of sports and fitness activities and backed by Polar Electro, theleading manufacturer of HRMs, Precision Heart Rate Training fullyexplains why and how to train with a heart rate monitor.
Editor Edmund R. Burke, a former Olympic coach who began working with HRMs in1983, introduces the basic concepts of heart rate training. He explains howvarious factors affect heart rate during exercise, then presents several methodsfor establishing target heart rates.
Burke also introduces the concept of training zones, or ways of describingtraining intensity, ranging from very light activity to training for improvedperformance. Using these zones as a framework, an all-star panel of expertsexplains how to design and use training programs for seven different sports andfitness activities: Walking - Therese Iknoian, Running - Roy Benson, Cycling - Joe Friel, In-line Skating - Frank Fedel, Multisport Training - Tim Moore, Circuit Training - Wayne Westcott, Group Exercise - Jay Blahnik
Each chapter contains training suggestions specific to the activity described,including how to find the optimal training intensity, design an effectivetraining program, and adjust workout intensity, plus sample workouts orprograms, or both.
For those who want to develop an effective long-term training plan, Jim Dotter,founder of Biometrics, Inc., provides guidelines for setting up a measurabletraining system using HRMs and explains how to adjust the plan through theseason.
With HRMs, athletes and exercisers at every level can use high-tech biofeedbacktraining to develop sophisticated programs for better performance. PrecisionHeart Rate Training shows them how to use todays training technology totheir fullest advantage.
About the Editor
Edmund R. Burke, PhD, began working with HRMs in 1983, when he used thesesmall electronic devices to prepare the U.S. cycling team for the Los AngelesOlympic Games. Over the years hes written numerous articles on HRMs and hasserved as a national spokesperson for the Polar Precision Fitness Institute.
Dr. Burke has written or edited 11 books on health, fitness, and cycling,including Serious Cycling and Complete Home Fitness Handbook. Theexecutive editor of Cycling Science and managing editor of PerformanceConditioning for Cycling, he has also written extensively on cyclingphysiology, training, nutrition, health, and fitness for Winning Magazine,MTB Magazine, NORBA News, and Bicycling. He consults with severalcompanies in the areas of cycling, fitness equipment design, nutritionalproducts, and fitness programs.
Dr. Burke holds a doctorate in exercise physiology. Hes a fellow of theAmerican College of Sports Medicine, and he serves as vice president of researchfor the National Strength and Conditioning Association, with whom hescertified as a strength and conditioning specialist. Dr. Burke is also aprofessor in and director of the exercise science program at the University ofColorado at Colorado Springs, where he lives with his wife, Kathleen. In hisleisure time Dr. Burke enjoys mountain biking, walking, and reading.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Heart Rate Monitoring and Training, Ed Burke
Chapter 2. Better Training with Heart Rate Zones, Ed Burke
Chapter 3. Walking, Therese Iknoian
Chapter 4. Running, Roy Benson
Chapter 5. Cycling, Joe Friel
Chapter 6. In-Line Skating, Frank J. Fedel
Chapter 7. Multisport Training, Timothy J. Moore
Chapter 8. Circuit Training, Wayne L. Westcott
Chapter 9. Group Exercise, Jay Blahnik
Chapter 10. Monitoring the Training Effect, James Dotter
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