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by Edmund R. Burke (Author) "All athletes, from beginners to Olympians, can benefit from using a heart rate monitor in training and competition ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics Europe Ltd; 2nd edition (1 May 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0880117702
  • ISBN-13: 978-0880117708
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.3 x 5.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 378,319 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"""Heart rate training for me has made the difference between being overtrained and being ready to run on race day. My heart rate monitor helps me gauge my training intensity, making sure I'm going hard on hard days and easy on recovery or long days. It's been the key addition to my training program that I wish I'd had in the early days of my career."""
Steve Scott
World-Class Miler
"""In my nine years of training and racing with a heart rate monitor, I have come to realize the importance of maintaining a precise level of intensity in my workouts. The heart rate monitor is the only way that I can gauge that intensity and learn more about my body during exercise. I owe my racing success to training at the right intensity level and to my heart rate monitor."""
Alison Sydor
Volvo/Cannondale Team
World Champion Mountain Bike Racer
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This guide explains how to achieve peak fitness and performance with the help of a heart rate monitor. Leading authorities explain how to design and use training programmes for walking, running, cycling, in-line skating, multisport training, circuit training and group exercise.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Jack of all trades, master of none, 18 May 2003
By R. Lyon - See all my reviews
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I bought a heat rate monitor and needed some advice on how to use it effectively, so turned to this. I mountain bike - but the cycling section refers exclusively to the spray-on lycra brigade and their peculiar regimes. I run - but the running section contained flat out contradictions (e.g. "training plan phase I: hard day, run 30 minutes at 75% effort; moderate day, run 40 minutes at 80% effort").

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Wandering, without meat, 9 Mar 1999
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The first chapters could be used for POLAR promotional material. They are repetitive, sale-sy and without any real substance. The contributions by other authors are better, and they do offer some good introductory material for the person interested in fitness training, but little to help in setting up a program, goals, methods, etc. The final discussions about software presents a list of criteria for good software, but no contacts, no list of products or companies, no web page URLs. The reason this book is not a one star book, is because of the multiple authors and perspectives that round out and give a little credibility to the message.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Confusing and, in places, just wrong, 25 Jun 2005
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I bought this book when I got my Heart Rate Monitor. One simple example illustrates this book's fundamental failure: "Hard Day - run 15-30 minutes at 65-75% effort". "Moderate Day - run 20-40 minutes at 75-80% effort". That's right - run harder for longer on easier days! With that howling editorial failure, none of the rest of the material can be trusted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for training
I used this book to set up my training routines. I don't really understand the comments about the book being "too technical". Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference source
I am currently studying A Level PE & BTEC Sports Science, and found this book to be invaluable to my course. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars An In-depth book for the serious.
It is a very good book if you are interested in the theory of heart rate training. I found it overwhelming (as another reader did) in that it was a little too technical. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent guide!
The reviews below must have been written by a "competitor" of Polar. They are a clear attack on the company. Not the book. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Sponserd by POLAR
The book is not about programs that it suggests it is. You would think this was written by POLAR and is just a big push for them. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars not for the average person
This book is geared more for the person into competive training. I did not find it at all uesful for a general fitness program.
Published on 26 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This book answers your questions!
As a traumatologist and interested in sports medicine I can tell you: this is the best book to answer your questions. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars I never really incorporated this book into my workouts
I didn't get much out of this book. I haven't incorporated this book into my workouts because it seems too overwhelming.
Published on 8 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This book answers your questions
Being a traumatologist and involved with questions of sports medicine, I found most of my questions answered in this book in a very comprehensive and founded manner. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a practical book with scientific sense.
The author does a service to those wanting to improve fitness quantitively. One doesn't have to compete with others to enjoy better results.
Published on 9 Aug 1998

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