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HomeTraining Books / DVDTotal Heart Rate Training: Customize and Maximize Your Workout Using a Heart Rate Monitor |
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Cumbersome Jan 06, 2010
It was an interesting book and it was very helpful. It described a great way of finding your Anaerobic HR. It also was great in allowing you to test your fitness by checking the amount of your "coupling". Where the book/method falls short is that you are required to have seven HR zones, where most HR monitors only have five. Also, the sample workouts were not easy to follow and I have found only had a limited usefulness.
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 Incomplete Sep 22, 2009
This book has several sections where it attempts to instruct the reader to follow a procedure, such as determining aspects of your heart rate function. In two cases, steps seem to be omitted that do not allow the reader to complete the procedure. Several of us looked this over, and we are pretty tech-savvy. Couldn't figure it out. I think it has editing errors.
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 Excellent book May 14, 2009
Very comprehensive and useful book. Easy to understand even if you need to be concentrated.
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 Do not buy unless you are training for a competition Jan 19, 2009
With regards to my goals of using heart rate to help me focus my twice a week cardio workouts in order to increase overall fitness, this book was a flop. Although there is a great deal of useful information, the author relates everything to training for a competition. What I was expecting (from the title TOTAL HEART RATE TRAINING), was an explanation of the various zones and how I can use the zones to increase my cardiovascular fitness. Instead I was given advice on how to set up workouts in preparation for a triathlon.
For the person who does compete, or the coach of competitors, this would probably be a worthwhile read. But those who have no intention of doing such things, I would skip this book.
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Very helpful resource... Oct 07, 2008
This is a great book that will help any endurance athlete begin to develop a strategy and be smarter about planning workouts. It is straightforward and readable, a great reference. My cycling performance has definitely improved now that I am able to understand and focus on heart rate zones.
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