by John | Mar 12, 2023 | Zone based Heart Rate Training
This came in the mail yesterday and all I could think was, "this has to be for my dad. It can't be for me." 🙁 No, I'm not going to apply... I guess it just one more predictable thing that comes with reaching the half-way-point. (I'm 50 at the end of the month and I've...
by John | Dec 18, 2022 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Training With Power, Zone based Heart Rate Training
While most of us are focused on adult fitness, Sally Edwards and her Heart Zones company are doing some pretty amazing stuff with middle and high school aged children - using display training technology to motivate kids and get them active 🙂 I love...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...