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| I am doing the couch to 5K. Tonight my heart rate went to 180...is that ok... on the ellipticall it was about 140. Generally is is 80 ish... |
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Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:11 am |
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| Jadzia
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180 is high.
Maximum HR is 220 minus your age.
60% to 70% is the recovery rate (some call it the fat burning zone, since your body use mostly fat as an energy source)
70% to 80% is the aerobic zone (improve cardio)
80% to 90% is the anaerobic zone
180 probably put you even above the anaerobic zone. It isn't recommended to be at that rate for long period of time.
For more info :
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/hrm1.htm |
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Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:49 am |
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| nursemindy1204
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| Thanks for the reply... according to the link you send (if i did it correctly) my MHR should be 187...What should I do.... I dont want to stop the training for the 5k... any suggestions ... i am running right now 5 mins at a time (week 4) at a speed of 5.1, any slower and i could walk... |
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Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:18 am |
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| Jadzia
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Just checked the Couch-to-5k plan. IMO there is a big step between week 3 and 4 !
Maybe you should redo week 3 (for the shorter intervals). It may seem like your stalling, but if it helps your heart, it will only make the rest of the training better ! If you find week 3 is not enough a challenge, you could try increasing speed for one or 2 intervals. Or you could go somewhere in the middle between week 3 and 4.
When I run, and try to respect a time intervals, but I adapt with my HR : if after walking 90 sec, it's still too high, I walk another 30 sec (right now I'm more in the opposite situation - the 2.5 min of rest would probably be more than I need). If running 5 min is too much, I run 4.5 min.
Hope it'll help ! |
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Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:58 pm |
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