Sunday, January 14, 2007

Training Zones

I suppose I have just answer my own question from the other day. I found a website that calculates the various training zones (http://www.copacabanarunners.net/iheart.html)

The calculator gave me the following information:

Training Zone
Healthy Heart Zone(50-60% Max. Heart Rate)
This zone is for: the ones starting to run, coming back from injury or a health problem. For warm-up and the cool-down of more intense trainings.

Based on Tim's MHR : 93 --> 112

Temperate Zone(60-70% Max. Heart Rate)
This zone is for: fat-burning, heart strengthening, aerobic training.
Based on Tim's MHR : 113 --> 130


Aerobic Zone(70-80% Max. Heart Rate)
This zone is for: heart strengthening and size increasing, respiratory system improvement, increasing of the number and size of the blood vessels, lung capacity increasing.
Based on Tim's MHR : 131 --> 149


Anaerobic Threshold(80-90% Max. Heart Rate)
This zone is for: anaerobic training, training the body to metabolize lactic acid efficiently.
Based on Tim's MHR : 150 --> 168


Redline Zone(90-100% Max.H.R)
This is a high risk zone to get injured and you shouldn't train here without a professional orientation.

Based on Tim's MHR : 169 --> 187

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