Heart Rate Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/heart-rate/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:21:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Heart Rate Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/heart-rate/ 32 32 2696646 Burning off the Christmas Excess https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/burning-off-the-christmas-excess/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/burning-off-the-christmas-excess/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:39:12 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6851 I’m sure I’m not the only one, but I ate far too much over Christmas and did very little exercise so it’s now time to get back to it. The ‘rest’ doesn’t seem to have done too much damage as I felt OK on our Mountain Bike Ride at the weekend although I have put...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/burning-off-the-christmas-excess/feed/ 0 6851 Fitness Improvements – Power to Weight Ratio https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/fitness-improvements-power-to-weight-ratio/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/fitness-improvements-power-to-weight-ratio/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:32:26 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5151 My recent lab tests with Jon at the Sports and Exercise Science Department are finally over. The tests themselves were hard, but nothing compared to the disgusting potions I had to drink beforehand – For that reason alone I’m glad that they are over! I met Jon yesterday for a quick synopsis of what he...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/fitness-improvements-power-to-weight-ratio/feed/ 3 5151 What’s Your Resting Heart Rate? https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/whats-your-resting-heart-rate/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/whats-your-resting-heart-rate/#respond Mon, 24 May 2010 07:45:06 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4646 Just out of interest I thought I’d wear my Garmin Forerunner 305 heart rate monitor to bed last night to see what my resting heart rate was. I expected it to be fairly low, as it always seems pretty low compared to most people and thought it would somewhere around 40bpm, but I checked it...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/whats-your-resting-heart-rate/feed/ 0 4646 Turbo Training Tuesday https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/turbo-training-tuesday/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/turbo-training-tuesday/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:28:19 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4024 As usual, Tuesday seems to be my day of fitness training. I’ve just done a turbo trainer session and will be off to circuit training and then swimfit this evening. The Turbo Trainer sessions are going well. Last night I did a 3:2 minute interval session where I did 7 repetitions of 3 minutes @...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/41-minute-interval-workout-on-turbo-trainer-good-but-evil/feed/ 0 3683 1 minute intervals on Turbo Trainer https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/1-minute-intervals-on-turbo-trainer/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/1-minute-intervals-on-turbo-trainer/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:34:01 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3594 I can’t get enough of these! I did my 1 minute intervals workout on the turbo trainer yesterday. Once again, I did them at 350 Watts the same as I did last week. Unsurprisingly the heart rate graph is almost identical. It’s good to see how closely I can replicate a workout though as that...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/1-minute-intervals-on-turbo-trainer/feed/ 0 3594 Finding my limits – Turbo Trainer Workouts https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/finding-my-limits-turbo-trainer-workouts/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/finding-my-limits-turbo-trainer-workouts/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:12:18 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3519 I’ve just done another of my 1 minute interval sessions on the turbo trainer and I think I’m finding my limit. The session involves a 10 minute warm up and then 7 repetitions of: 1 minute hard 1 minute recovery Followed by a warm down. The first time I did it I did the hard...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/01/finding-my-limits-turbo-trainer-workouts/feed/ 7 3519 Last Weeks Training Schedule https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/last-weeks-training-schedule/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/last-weeks-training-schedule/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:44:43 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3276 With Christmas coming and lots of food, drink and relaxing planned, I thought I should at least try to be good in the run up and get some training in. I haven’t done too badly this year. As well as keeping up with the mountain biking I’ve also got a Turbo Trainer that I now...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/last-weeks-training-schedule/feed/ 0 3276 Todays Turbo Training Workout https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/todays-turbo-training-workout/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/todays-turbo-training-workout/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:57:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3197 Don’t worry, I don’t intend to post these everyday as I’m sure you’ll get bored of them soon – if not already. However, I’m enjpying doing them and I like the heart rate graphs I produce in a strange, ‘heart-rate artwork’ kind of way. Of course, if you enjoy these posts or are trying to...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/todays-turbo-training-workout/feed/ 6 3197 Turbo Training Intervals – Up the Wattage https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/turbo-training-intervals-up-the-wattage/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/turbo-training-intervals-up-the-wattage/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:57:39 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3180 Yes, another turbo trainer post as I’m enjoying my work-outs on it at the moment. I thought I would try another 1 minute interval session today. So I did exactly the same session as I did on Saturday, but this time increased the wattage on the hard efforts from 320 Watts to 340 Watts. Surprisingly...

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