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BEFORE STARTING
gives a constant account of your body´s state of
health. Your heart rate will tell you how fast you
are using energy or whether you are exercising
too hard or too lax. Obviously, your body does
not benefit from a training method if your heart
rate is too low. If it is too high, you run the risk
of injury and you will suffer from fatigue.
It does not matter whether your goal is to win
athletics meetings, lose weight or simply to
improve your overall health. What is important is
that you can refine your training method by
keeping your heart rate within a certain target
zone. In order to accomplish this, you would
obviously need to know your precise heart rate
at any given moment throughout your training
session.
Modern technology has now enabled us to pre-
sent you with wireless electronic pulse compu-
ters. Monitoring your heart rate with one of
these computers is easy and fun to do.
Know your limits and determine your personal
Your limits
exercise zone.
Exercise zones are established by setting Upper
and Lower Heart Rate Limits. These limits consti-
tute a certain percentage of your Maximum
Heart Rate (MHR).
You may already know your MHR if you are an
avid athlete or if you have already taken a Max.
Heart Rate test. If not, the following formula will
help you to make educated guess:
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