twolfy
Recycles dryer sheets
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Do you you try to stay in Heart rate (HR) target zone when doing your aerobic workouts?
A friend convinced me to workout with a HR chest strap to make sure I stayed in 65-85% of max.
I tend to exercise at or above that %. Seeing good results. Lost 11lbs in 3 months while adding some muscle. For about 7 yrs I had not been able to workout much due to spine surgery and continued spinal issues throughout spine but starting to do more recently. 3 knee surgeries plus sports hernia surgery have slowed me down a bit also. Do treadmill and weight machines two to three days/week and then try to do elliptical and exercise bike on the other two days. I move quickly from station to station on the weight machines and able to keep HR in the 65-85% zone. Like keeping that aerobic also. Move quickly from treadmill to weights or elliptical to bike so HR never gets a chance to fall out of zone. My resting HR has dropped quite a bit from around 70 to mid upper 50's so I know I'm getting benefit. Any way just wondering about HR and your workouts. Thanks
Tom
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A friend convinced me to workout with a HR chest strap to make sure I stayed in 65-85% of max.
I tend to exercise at or above that %. Seeing good results. Lost 11lbs in 3 months while adding some muscle. For about 7 yrs I had not been able to workout much due to spine surgery and continued spinal issues throughout spine but starting to do more recently. 3 knee surgeries plus sports hernia surgery have slowed me down a bit also. Do treadmill and weight machines two to three days/week and then try to do elliptical and exercise bike on the other two days. I move quickly from station to station on the weight machines and able to keep HR in the 65-85% zone. Like keeping that aerobic also. Move quickly from treadmill to weights or elliptical to bike so HR never gets a chance to fall out of zone. My resting HR has dropped quite a bit from around 70 to mid upper 50's so I know I'm getting benefit. Any way just wondering about HR and your workouts. Thanks
Tom
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