heart rate training

technical briefing

on the PULSE

Neil Gibson provides a technical briefing for operators wanting to implement heart rate training

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hether related to an individual client or used in an exercise class setting, heart rate monitoring

can provide an excellent prescriptive and feedback tool, as well as offering a novel service that many clients may never have experienced before. As people’s lives become increasingly

hectic, there’s greater pressure to get the most out of their training sessions in shorter periods of time. By using heart rate monitors, greater objectivity and periodisation of training can be applied so that each and every client reaps the benefi t from their very own virtual personal trainer.

from pros to amateurs

For years, the systematic monitoring of internal training load has been commonplace in the preparation of top- level athletes. Physiologists and sport scientists have utilised the individual heart rate (HR) response of athletes to quantify training load and assess the effectiveness of their interventions. So what do we mean by ‘internal

training load’? When a group of individuals perform the same session, be that a group cycling class or a circuit training session, the cardiovascular response to the exercise stress will be markedly different in each person. This of course raises the question of whether the session content is conducive to the aims and goals of the individual, be they weight loss, general fi tness or a specifi c aspect of conditioning such as improvements in lactate threshold or VO2 max. With the advent of talent

HR taster Suunto’s group exercise solution introduces members to HR training

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identifi cation schemes that are transforming amateur athletes into potential Olympians, and celebrities attaining ultra-endurance feats, it’s little wonder that there’s a growing demand from the general public to ‘train like the pros’. Health clubs and leisure centres can go some way to meeting these demands by utilising current heart rate monitoring technology to allow their clients to really individualise their training sessions and maximise their gains.

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