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Choosing A Heart Rate Monitor
Choosing a heart monitor that fits your needs and has the key components to actually help you succeed in your exercise regimen, is important.

Running And A Heart Rate Monitor
This is exactly what a heart monitor is for. If you are out for a run, knowing what your heart rate is at helps you determine what type of effort you are doing.

Use Your Heart Rate Monitor To Get The Most Out Of Your Workout
A good heart rate monitor will allow you to either program in a workout or have preprogrammed workouts already stored.

Wireless Heart Rate Monitor
Wireless heart rate monitors work much the same as regular heart rate monitors with two significant differences.

 

Almost every heart rate monitor you can imagine!  Get instant access to a "excellent" selection of the best heart rate monitors available.

 

Training Tips

You can increase your maximum oxygen consumption by approximately 15% when you work out three times a week for at least 30 minutes at 70% of your maximum heart rate.

Low weight, high rep circuit training combines the best of both worlds: aerobic and anaerobic training.  Keeping the rest time in between high repeats low excercises like bench press, leg presses, inclined sit-ups, and upright rows is the key to maximum benefits.



As a long distance runner, a gradual increase in distance each week will allow you to build a solid areobic base.  Distance increase should be no more than 10% of the previous week's distance.

When buying a new pair of running shoes, bring your old ones with you.  You will get a better fit if you know if you supinate or pronate.



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