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80 of 80 people found the following review helpful
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I am a 9 minute miler, always wondering why my training didnt produce the result I thought I was capable of. After buying a heart monitor, I just couldnt figure out why my heart was going fast, and why I wasnt able to keep going at a high rate. This book told me exactly what I was doing wrong, and offered lots of advice and instruction on how to USE a heart monitor as opposed to WEARING one. It is brilliant!!!.. Since reading this book, I am now training properly, feeling less tired, doing MORE miles, and loving my running. It was hard at first, following the advice of the book, and often I had to walk to keep my heart down. But now I have cracked it, and I feel great. My advice BUY THE BOOK!!!
46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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This is the best heart rate guide I have found for runners. Parker isn't anal about rules - like Jack Daniels, he gives you rules, but also gives you a lot of common sense with which to interpret, bend and if necessary break the rules. Plenty of training schedules for runners of all levels. Nice section on "periodization," or why you need to build up training intensity over a period of weeks, peak, rest and start the process over again. Nice personal stories. Great sense of humor. Parker is also very open about when and where to "cheat" on the rules.
This book, plus my monitor, has changed the way I train. My easy running is easier (I even stop and walk without guilt!), my hard running is more structured and intense, my injuries are nil and my times are improved. I would recommend it to any runner who is serious or thinking about getting more serious.
38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a useful way to learn to use that heart rate monitor you just bought. The book is oriented mainly to runners, but the concepts Parker presents apply equally well to other endurance sports. It is easy, entertaining reading, but with enough information to put together a basic HRM training program. The training program Parker presents is simpler and easier to follow than many others I've seen.
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Brilliant book
I have been running since I ran for my school at 14, I am now 68 and was still running until an injury (In Karate, not running) stopped me for about a year. Read more
Published 20 days ago by david hunter
Getting running
I recieved my heat monitor and this book over a month now. I found the book very helpfull in getting going. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Geoff
Will help runners benefit from HRMs
This is an excellent book, very much aimed at runners, although there is a chapter aimed at other sports. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Henson
Useful but frustrating at times
Very useful . 4 weeks in trying the intermediate programme following a stay in hospital. i am running slower at the moment but dont have the usual aches and pains previously. Read more
Published 5 months ago by exrugby
It Works
Like many people I know, I had a heart rate monitor for years but it was really just a novelty gadget. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Twiggy
Now I can actually USE my heart rate monitor
Loved this book, I have been running / cycling for a couple of years with a heart rate monitor keeping my heart rate in the very general ' training zone'. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gary Hamilton
Brilliantly simple ways of explaining complex things
A very good introduction to heart monitor training. This book talks you through the process of beginning to train using this method. Read more
Published 8 months ago by wildmoppet
Never arrived
After waiting 4 weeks this didnt ever arrive. Money refunded but would never order from a non UK company again.
Published 13 months ago by C. Stockbridge
Very clear instructions and explanations
I liked this book because it explains why certains things work and others don't and how the muscles at cellular level work, in a very simple and easy to understand language.
Published 14 months ago by Joao
Converted!
Buying this book has completely changed the way I train. The programme works exactly the way the author warns it will... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Deborah Webber
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