Would you like the perfect workout? --- heart rate monitors

[2big4mysize]

you hoo TOM the BOston Marathon is tomorrow an that baby should be sleeping trough the night now sooooooooooooooooooo time to get your running going again. We want an ADBBer in the PHily this fall wearing his ADBB shirt! hint hint

[Iapetus999]

I've been looking into the "Maffetone Method" for heart rate.
His formula is 180-age...give or take 5 for previous training.
So my MAF (max aerobic function) is 142...which translates into over 14 min miles.
I've done this for a couple weeks and I haven't seen any improvement.

And it seems this pace hurts my feet more because it's a kind of shuffling gait. I'm going to start adding in some fartleks to see what happens.

[ladysinger68]

I have recently joined a gym. The only exercise I am currently doing is walking the treadmill. I have one at home, but somehow paying that montly due and having a buddy to go with makes me more accountable. I talked to my DR. about what is an acceptable heart rate for my age and weight. First I was trying to manually increase and decrease the speed to keep my heart in line. Then I figured out this fancy machine will do that for me, so I set the perimeters and off I go. At first I was only able to achieve 1.8 miles in an hour, all because of my heart rate. But within a week I have been able to increase to 2.5 miles. And I do not feel particularly tired afterwards. Walking an hour gets a little boring, but I am tring to get a few more girls to go with us, that will make it a bit more fun.

[Sashie]

Bought my S410, hubby got one of the delux models and I said what the heck. Problem is it does so much I am totally lost hahaha. Since hes on the ship and is the IT of the family, im left trying to figure it out. Installed the program and having trouble downloading the info from the watch. keeps telling me an error. Anyways.. im Sure ill figure it out eventually. My question is.. If my watch says my Max HR is 185 (will prolly test again later still need to do the Morning Resting Heart Rate (MRHR) still reading that part) my burn zone is 148? I couldnt find the conversion in the book. Im 30y female. Thanks in advance!

[2big4mysize]

your max is 220 - your age
fat burn is 60 % of that number cardio is 70-80% of that

[EverLosing]

Originally Posted by 2big4mysize

your max is 220 - your age
fat burn is 60 % of that number cardio is 70-80% of that

So, if this formula holds true...my fat burning range would be 112 bpm?? Is that possible for serious fat burning? I would be amazed. My resting heart rate is what I consider high, around 90-100 bpm. There are sooooooooo many calculators out there, I'm not sure what to go with.