Benson, Roy.

Heart Rate Training. - 1 online resource (227 pages)

Intro -- Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Foundations -- Chapter 1: Monitoring for Maximum Performance -- Chapter 2: Evaluating and Customizing Your Zones -- Chapter 3: Getting the Most From Your Monitor -- Part II: Training -- Chapter 4: Targeting Sport-Specific Fitness With Heart Rate -- Chapter 5: Increasing Aerobic Endurance -- Chapter 6: Raising Anaerobic Threshold -- Chapter 7: Boosting Speed and Power -- Part III: Programs -- Chapter 8: Designing an Effective Training Program -- Chapter 9: Walking -- Chapter 10: Jogging and Running -- Chapter 11: Cycling -- Chapter 12: Swimming -- Chapter 13: Triathlon -- Chapter 14: Rowing -- Chapter 15: Cross-Country Skiing -- Chapter 16: Team Sports -- Appendix -- Index -- About the Authors -- Other resources -- Back cover.

If you're serious about your sport, you're serious about conditioning. Now, with one small device, you can apply the latest technology, science, and research to take the guesswork out of training, monitor progress, and see results. Heart Rate Training will show you how!From functions, features, and operational advice for your device to interpreting and applying the results, Heart Rate Training is a step-by-step guide to optimizing performance. You'll learn how, when, and why monitors can, and should, be incorporated into your workouts, training, and conditioning program to produce maximum results. In Heart Rate Training, authors Roy Benson and Declan Connolly show you how to determine deficiencies in training and performance, create targeted programs to increase endurance, raise lactate threshold, increase speed and power, and monitor your recovery between workouts. And the sample programs allow you to manipulate the training components to design a long-term training plan across eight endurance sports: walking, running, cycling, swimming, triathlon, rowing, cross-country skiing, and team sports.When you're ready to take training and performance to the next level, turn to Heart Rate Training and achieve your personal best.

9780736099721


Cardiovascular fitness.


Electronic books.

QP113.B46 2011

613.711

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