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heart monitor readout - what does it mean?

  • 06-04-2011 7:47pm
    #1
    dicey2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭


    Im 36yo male and take regular spin bike classes - 2 maybe 4 a week

    One of the lads in the class told me to buy a heart rate monitor so i can monitor my progress so i did

    After my spin class the readout was as following:-
    Max Heart Rate 181bpm
    Avg Heart Rate 158bpm
    Total Time 40:27

    What exactly does this mean? Am I fit - if so how fit? Am I loosing weight? What type fitness do i have? - whats going on ? I have no idea!

    tahnks


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  • #2
    here to be trained
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭here to be trained


    have you inputted your age, sex, weight, height into your heart rate monitor? Broadly speaking your max heart rate is 220 less your age. your HRM should tell you the number of calories you have burned which is the key figure.


  • #3
    dicey2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭dicey2


    yes i inputted all those details into the hrm. however it doesnt give any info any claroies. im justing looking to see what the figures mean


  • #4
    kapow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭kapow


    Hi Dicey,

    As you get fitter your resting heart rate will get lower, that is to say, your heart rate when you are relaxed and doing no exercise will decrease.

    With regards to monitoring your performance during the spin classes, a heart rate monitor will allow you to train within different "zones".

    Your maximum heart rate is likely to be between 185 - 195.

    U1 (Aerobic) - Heart Rate 135 - 150 - Burns Fat
    U2 (Aerobic) - Heart Rate 150 - 160 - Burns Fat/ Carbs
    U3 (Aerobic) - Heart Rate 160 - 175 - Burns Carbs/ Glycogen
    AT (Anaerobic Threshold) - Heart Rate - 175 - 185 - Burns Glucose/ Glycogen
    TR (Transport) - Heart Rate - 185+ (Max) - Burns Glucose

    U1: Long duration 45mins - 90mins long
    U2: Maybe up to an hour long - Steady and manageable
    U3: Hard - Hard, but can manage for about 20 minutes
    AT: Intense work - 6 to 12 minutes
    TR: Short sprints/ Very Intense work

    1. If you want to get 'fitter' spend time in the U1, U2 & U3 zones. (Long duration).

    2. If you want to burn calories quickly spend time in AT & TR zones (Intense).

    3. Throughout a spin class you will go up and down a number of times throughout all of these zones.

    Looking at your heart rate during the spin class will tell you what zone you are working in.


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