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Couch to 5K Accountability Thread
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: Redball on 16 Jun 2012, 19:17 ---The heart rate/exercise charts say 180 is a good aerobic rate in your 20s. Take a look if you haven't recently. It might ease your anxiety. I have a vague understanding of being unable to run more slowly to lower your heart rate. I wish I had a better understanding; it might mean I'd have the same enviable problem.
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Ahhh, what worried me was the stupid thing on the treadmill. It made a note of 60% and 85% for 20 yrs old, 30, 40, etc. I figured that being 26 would put me somewhere between what is listed for those who are 20 and 30 and it still ended up being higher than the chart recommended. According to a tool on the Mayo Clinic website, my target is 136-165. I figured out that max is (should be?) 194, so if I assume that 85% is target, it comes out to roughly 165. I'm noticing that I average between and 87% and 92%.
When they say that 60% of your max rate is the optimal range for fat burn- does having a typical range that is significantly higher not burn fat as effectively? I'm sure it would do me some good to research this a bit more. Monitoring my heart rate thus far has done nothing but make me think I'm doing something wrong lol
idontunderstand:
--- Quote from: lepetitfromage on 18 Jun 2012, 06:24 ---[I'm sure it would do me some good to research this a bit more.
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Maybe. Or you could just keep doing what you're doing as long as nothing seems wrong and you get good results. Overthinking stuff is a major mistake when it comes to training. What works, works. No science can determine what's best for YOU.
lepetitfromage:
Hmmm...I like your idea better! I'm a qualified expert at overthinking things until I convince myself that something is tragically wrong. Perhaps I'll just....run. :-)
idontunderstand:
Sounds good to me. :-)
Redball:
My app wouldn't come up for me today. It kept throwing up a "look at these other great running apps" page. So I half remembered the routine and ran it from my wristwatch, sandwiched a 3 minute walk between 2 8-minute jogs. Close, it should have been a 5-minute walk. And I should have punched the iPhone a little harder to make the app work. Next routine is even simpler: A 2-mile jog, no interruptions. A major difference: In Nyack NY, running on pavement, noticeably harder than my dirt roads in Michigan.
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