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The Heart Rate Monitor Book for Cyclists [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Sally Edwards (Author), Sally Reed (Author) "Getting healthier, getting fit, and getting your fittest: It all starts with getting on your bike ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 269 pages
  • Publisher: VeloPress; 2nd illustrated edition edition (18 Jun 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1931382042
  • ISBN-13: 978-1931382045
  • Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 17.5 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 302,309 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A flexible guide to fitness improvement, 24 Dec 2000
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This review is from: The Heart Rate Monitor Book for Cyclists (Heart Zone Training Program Series) (Paperback)
This book takes a flexible and adaptable approach to fitness improvement which is based on the use of indoor ("Spin") cycling or outdoor riding. It is important to note that you will gain little from this book simply by being a "Reader" - you must "USE" the book in conjunction with a heart rate monitor. As the authors say, "Life is a Participant's Sport" - and this is a "Participant's" book.

The book introduces the user to the concept of heart rate zones and describes the effect of exercise within each zone. The main thesis of the book is the adoption of a 10 step process to developing the user's own training programme which is tailored to their personal capabilities, objectives and available time. The user is shown how to determine their own maximum heart rate and to use this value to define their own heart rate zones. Fitness goals are then selected and current fitness level is determined. Based on these personalised results an individual training plan is deleveloped. The user is then encouraged to record and monitor their own performance against their own targets. A computer programme is supplied with the book to asist with this process. The final step of the process is to encourage the user not to stop but, indeed, to re-start the process back at step 4 - by measuring the new (hopefully improved!) fitness level and go through the loop again, and again, and again....

This book provides the route to "Lifetime Wellness" - it is up to the user to adopt the process or not.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An average fitness book, 13 Dec 2007
By V. Levy "Vernon Levy" (Leeds UK) - See all my reviews
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The book will suit some people more than others. It contains some background about the various heartrate zones and the effects of exercising in each zone. The book is heavily reliant on the use of spinning exercises and contains a wide range of exercise routines to relieve the monotony of spinning in a gym or using a bike on a set of rollers indoors. Basic heart rate monitors might not be sophisticated enough to use with the book.

There are cyclists who can cope with the boredom of stationary cycling I'm not one of them and accordingly I've not found the book to be invaluable.

Buyers need to be aware that the CDROM that comes with the book is an evaluation copy and ceases to function after 30 days.

Overall it offers a useful insight into some sports physiology and perhaps a leg up into regular exercise using baikes and indoor spiining machines. It won't suit those who prefer outdoor cycling and like to 'get the miles in'.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Could Do With a Lot Of Sub Editing, 23 Jul 2008
By C. R. Downing "Chris Downing" (Chippenham, Wilts England) - See all my reviews
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If a Sun Newspaper sub-editor got hold of this book it would be all the better for being only 100 pages long instead of 270. I really want to get fit this summer (2008) and use this book to help me use my Heart Rate Monitor - but it's heavy going - there's so much stuff that should have been condensed or cut. As it is, well it's all here, but not to well organised. It's like someone put all their papers on the subject into piles and called them, "Chapters". But never got around to connecting it all up and throwing out what had already been covered. Of course it's a common complaint we Brits have about American books being too verbose - well here's another.

Having said that though, there's not much else like this that's available - so you'll have to wade through it like the rest of us. There's certainly a lot available from non-Amazon sources and my copy might be joining them as well.
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