ICI Podcast 260 Understanding Heart Rate Variability HRV and measuring HRV using the ithlete iPhone app

by John | Jul 31, 2022 | Free Podcasts, Zone based Heart Rate Training

When should you go hard... and when should you take it easy? It's a great question. Often our response depends on very subjective feelings = we may think we know, but we really aren't completely sure. As Jim Karanas pointed out in his Intervals post this week, we are...

ICI/PRO Podcast 339 Understanding the floors and ceilings of training with power

by John | Jul 13, 2022 | Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, PRO Podcasts, Training With Power, Zone based Heart Rate Training

I prefer to limit the mathematical computations many Instructors typically ask of their classes. For example you'd never hear me say; "now I want everyone at 85% of their FTP" or... "this next interval is 30 seconds in Zone 5B which is 103 to 106% of your LT/AT heart...

Why we need a standard method to describe heart rate training zones part 1

by John | May 28, 2022 | Instructor Training, Zone based Heart Rate Training

Should we adopt a standard method of describing Heart Rate Training Zones? My argument is that until we (I'm talking about everyone in the fitness Industry) all speak with consistent language, manufactures will continue to put stickers like this on fitness equipment. ...

How To Get Your Students to Wear Heart Rate Monitors

by Jim Karanas | Apr 25, 2022 | Zone based Heart Rate Training

By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Everyone agrees that indoor cycling classes using heart rate are more effective and even more fun to teach.  This post is not about which HR training principles to use or the best way to determine training zones.  You or the...

ICI Podcast #177 – Problem Solved – Two Threshold / Three Zone Heart Rate Training In a Blink

by John | Jan 1, 2022 | Best Practices, Instructor Training, Zone based Heart Rate Training

For the past two year's or so I have been lobbying for a universal "Standard" for the description of Heart Rate Training Zones. The purpose is to get all of us talking with a common language, so we aren't confusing our students and help them reach their weight loss...

Where are you with Heart Rate Training?

by John | Dec 23, 2021 | Instructor Training, Zone based Heart Rate Training

A common theme in conversations I am having these days is; "today we we find ourselves right here... what do we need to do differently if we want to end up somewhere else next year?" I have created a short survey (it should only take about 2 minutes) to learn where...