Beginner Triathlete - Heart-Rate articles

Triathlon Coach explains Zone 1 and Zone 2 training and the benefits of each training zone

Comparing Heart Rate Formulas: Age, Karvonen, Leger, MAF and Friel.

Becoming a Better Animal: How to Effectively Use Your Heart Rate Monitor.

If you are just getting off the couch, chances are you aren’t in any shape for an all out 30 minute run or bike LT test. So, what should you do?

Becoming a Better Animal: How to Effectively Use Your Heart Rate Monitor.

An explanation about how the cardiovascular system works, so that it makes more sense about how the human body responds to exercise in the heat.

In this second part, AJ will show you how your training pace and heart rate training zones are setup from the results of your lactate threshold test.

Highly trained athletes can maintain a specific HR longer than a newbie without much creeping; their endurance is greater—thus able to keep pace efficiently and without much additional increase in HR.

CPET physiology and the applications toward which CPET can be applied, with special attention to endurance athletes.

I am a new runner and my heart rate spikes with a very small increase in effort. So, when I run 2 or 3 miles (non-stop), I jump up to Zone 3, 4, and 5 almost immediately. What can I do?

While running, I've been really struggling to keep my heart rate down in the zone 2-3 range as frequently prescribed in the plan. This seems too slow?

Can you tell me how my LT and V02 max have not decreased after 8 months of absolutely no speedwork? I did very minimal running up until February 2005.

Have you been thinking about getting a lab test done to determine your Lactate Threshold number for generating precise heart-rate zones? Follow AJ as he subjects himself to this grueling test.

Yesterday I found that my heart rate was maxed at 95% and averaged 80% for the bike and run with no breathing problems. However, I just couldn't seem to get more out of my legs. Thoughts?