Total Heart Rate Training: Customize and Maximize Your Workout Using a Heart Rate Monitor

Total Heart Rate Training explains how to use heart rate monitors to improve your fitness, whether you're beginning a program or are an experienced athlete. Heart rate provides real-time feedback on your physical condition, reflecting factors such as exercise intensity, diet, temperature, humidity, altitude, and fatigue. The book covers heart function during exercise, how heart rate monitors work, basic and advanced training techniques using heart rate data, and how to use a monitor to design a personalized workout program. By tracking your heart rate during each workout, you can determine the optimal intensity for that day and adjust effort accordingly. The book also discusses how powermeters and accelerometers allow you to compare your body's input (measured by heart rate) with its output (power or pace), enabling you to train at peak performance.