Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot

by John L. Parker

You have nothing to lose but your old PR's! Attention Runners, Triathletes, Cyclists & Fitness buffs! Do you suspect that your best race or sleekest body is in there somewhere, waiting for the right schedule, coach, or series of workouts to bring it out? The author agrees. He thinks most athletes and fitness buffs train incorrectly. This book is the only one on the market that comes with a Use the system for a month and if you're not running or training better than you ever thought possible, return it for a refund and an apology! The book even includes a chapter of case histories of runners who began using the program and within weeks started seeing amazing improvements. And not by running harder, but by using the heart monitor to ensure that their recovery days were run easy enough! The author offers athlete/readers the following * Race and train better than you ever thought possible
* Get fewer injuries and avoid overtraining
* Train efficiently without feeling tired all the time
* Learn to USE a monitor, not just wear one
* Get out the door in 10 minutes, WITH A PLAN!
* Adapt the monitor to YOUR training, not the other way around

Genres: Sports, Fitness, Nonfiction

259 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kieren Geaney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most (hobby) runners train too hard. Most of the same group would benefit for 80:20 polarized training. This book lays out an easy to follow foundation for successful training and base building by using a heart rate monitor. Recommended if you are new to heart rate training or structured training in general. However, if you know about heart rate zones, base building, threshold etc, you might prefer something more advanced, like Jack Daniel's running books

[Kara Hartz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not written for someone new-ish to jogging or someone slow. Even the novice plan was more than I can handle.

[David Failing · Rating 3 out of 5]

Essentially 150 pages of "train at 70% effort on easy days, 80-85% on hard days, and alternate hard and easy, and you'll get faster/stronger," along with 50 pages of nonspecific training plans for an "event" that seems to be a half marathon. I'm going to try the wisdom out for the next month, but this was definitely not worth buying.

[Timothy Allen]

A good book on heart rate monitors. I've read a couple before, but this one actually made a difference in my training. I've got more energy for my long runs now and it helped my speed as well. And it's not written in boring manual style.

[Jill Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably the best book that heart rate monitor use that I've ever read. Most probably should've read this 20 years ago… Or something like it. Going to try it out beginning February 2016.