The Heart Rate Monitor Workbook for Indoor Cyclists

by Edwards, Sally

• ISBN13: 9781884737930
• ISBN10: 1884737935
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Velopress

Summary

Written by two premier fitness experts and set up in a friendly workbook format, the Heart Rate Monitor Workbook for Indoor Cyclists provides training rides in three fitness categories. Each workout includes a description of the ride and its purpose, a heart rate chart showing the five heart zones athletes should shoot for, the total number of heart zone training points, and a profile of the workout.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Why Cycle with Your Heart	p. 1
Cycling in Your Heart Zones	p. 3
Heart Basics	p. 3
Maximum Heart Rate	p. 4
Heart Zones	p. 6
Establishing Heart Zones	p. 9
Using a Heart Rate Monitor	p. 10
Ten Tips for Training with a Heart Rate Monitor	p. 10
Wearing a Heart Rate Monitor	p. 12
Understanding a Heart Zones Cycling Workout and Training in the Health Zones	p. 14
The Benefits of Low-Intensity Training	p. 14
The First Fourteen of the Top Twenty Heart Zone Training Rules	p. 15
How to Read a Heart Zones Cycling Workout	p. 16
Ready	p. 21
Eight Great Workouts for Improving Your Health	p. 23
Five by Two	p. 23
Change of Heart	p. 25
Crisscross Zone 1 and Zone 2	p. 27
Ironsides	p. 29
Recovery Intervals	p. 31
Rock Bottom	p. 33
Steady Eddy	p. 35
Five by Five	p. 37
Training in the Fitness Heart Zones	p. 39
Fit and Firm for Life	p. 39
Heartfelt Changes in Heart Rate	p. 41
Set	p. 42
Fifteen Great Workouts for Improving Your Fitness	p. 44
Talk Is Cheap	p. 44
The Chain Gang	p. 46
The Zipper	p. 48
A Positive Spin	p. 50
Afterburner	p. 52
Fast Lane!	p. 54
Footloose	p. 56
Heartbeat	p. 58
Hot Rod Heart	p. 60
Hot Shot	p. 62
Kool Hand Luke	p. 64
Ladder to Success	p. 66
Lancelot	p. 68
Peek-A-Boo	p. 70
Tailwind	p. 72
Training in the Performance Heart Zones	p. 74
The Benefits and Challenges of High-Intensity Training	p. 74
The Rest of the Top Twenty Heart Zone Training Rules	p. 75
Go!	p. 77
Twenty-Seven Great Workouts for High Performance	p. 78
"10"	p. 78
Five by Five	p. 80
At, About, and Around	p. 82
Blazing Saddles	p. 84
Braveheart	p. 86
Cutting Edge	p. 88
Half Rack	p. 90
Happy Feet	p. 92
How 'Bout Them Apples?	p. 94
Pumped	p. 96
Seattle Ridge	p. 98
Six-Pack	p. 100
Spentervals	p. 102
Sun Valley Express	p. 104
The Right Stuff	p. 106
Time-Trial Terror	p. 108
Top Gun	p. 110
Unleash the Mojo!	p. 112
White Knuckles	p. 114
Who Let the Dogs Out?	p. 116
Winner's Circle	p. 118
Your Number's Up	p. 120
The Spinster	p. 122
Surge	p. 124
Hang On! Help Is on the Way!	p. 126
Escape from the Rock	p. 128
The Final Answer	p. 130
Going Beyond: Growing Your Fitness, Growing Your Life	p. 133
Afterword: A Change of Heart	p. 135
About the Authors	p. 137
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