Heart Rate Monitor Survey – Early Results

by John | Jul 6, 2017 | Instructor Training, Zone based Heart Rate Training

Thank You to the 354 of you who have completed our survey! It is greatly appreciated. Because I chose to keep the survey anonymous, if you asked me to contact you I don't know who's who. Please contact me directly. My goal is to collect 1,000 responses. If you haven't...

My new HR Monitor

by John | Apr 30, 2017 | Zone based Heart Rate Training

I got tired of replacing the chest-strap-battery in my old Nike monitor so I though it was time to upgrade. Based on the recommendation from a Personal Trainer at my club, I bought this Polar RS200. It is the lowest priced Polar monitor he was aware of that you can...

Is Polar moving to a three heart rate zone system?

by John | Apr 25, 2017 | Best Practices, Instructor Training, New Instructor 101, Zone based Heart Rate Training

I'm noticing that Polar is now promoting a three heart rate zone system. Welcome to the party Polar! I subbed this morning and saw the sign on the right displayed. At first I didn't give it any notice, but then I did a double take; they're showing the five zones...

ICI Podcast 369 – The Haywire Heart – How Too Much Exercise Can Kill You…

by John | Mar 26, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Free Podcasts, Health and Wellness, Zone based Heart Rate Training

  Can too much exercise be bad for you? Could the hours spend conditioning as an endurance athlete actually be damaging your heart? Sounds counter intuitive... until you read this new book from author Chris, Managing Editor of VeloNews - The Haywire Heart - How...

Is Cardio Good? Is HIIT Better? (Part 1)

by Joan Kent | Mar 14, 2016 | Health and Wellness, Zone based Heart Rate Training

In a previous post that I co-wrote with Jim Karanas, we described specific physiological adaptations of aerobic — aka cardio or endurance — training. As you may recall, they include increases in blood volume, tidal volume, and stroke volume. The capillary network...

Heart Rate Display Training Contributes to Women’s World Cup Victory

by Sally Edwards | Jul 6, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Master Instructor Blog, Zone based Heart Rate Training

The USA Women won the World Cup finals in soccer yesterday! The US team coaches are using heart rate training, aka Heart Zones Training, extensively in their preparation for what lead to this victory. I wanted to share with you an article released yesterday about how...