Lift, Train, Fitness

MHR = 206.9 – (0.67 x age) (more accurate than 220-age)
Exercise HR = % of target intensity (MHR – RHR) + RHR

MHR - Max Heart Rate
RHR - resting Heart rate taken upon first waking in the morning before getting out of bed is easiest time to measure
 
Thanks, that helps.

I have never measured my heart rate, or anyone else's. I looked on Amazon and they seem to have a bunch of wrist band things, like watches you can wear to track heart rate and other stuff. Do these work very well? Do you have one, or a kind you recommend.

Sorry for all the questions, I suppose you can tell this isn't something I know much about. Your advice is appreciated.
 
I would normally just take my pulse, it take a little practice and a normal watch to time it (count beats for 15 seconds and multiply) the heart rate measuring stuff, I use one with a chest strap, as they pick up the beat well and I will use it when I am on the stationary bike etc but have the drawback of not being very comfortable to wear, The watches which you press your thumb onto when you want a reading are crap. The expensive fitbits etc. can be very inaccurate for tracking.
 
I should also add, that HR during exercise has a lag time, it takes 2-2.5 minutes for the heart to increase the HR to match intensity level of the exercise, so for example if you sprint for 1 minutes and measure your HR will not have responded fully and will continue to rise. So interval training of less than 2-3 minutes cannot have HR used as a measure of intensity.
 
I am sitting waiting to have an xray. Practiced my diagphamatic breathing for the whole drive into town, my core feels fried now lol
 
Hip is hurting a lot after a stressful day. Practiced my diaphragmatic breathing in the car again this afternoon, holding posture over rough country roads while breathing correctly has left my core very well worked but doing this while driving seems to be a good option for me. Time is too limited to spend specific time on the breathing. This time I also felt the transverse abdominus doing its job, but also the multifidus.

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Transversus abdominis is the deepest of the abdominal muscles and wraps around the abdomen between the lower ribs and top of the pelvis, functioning like a corset. This picture shows the anatomy of this muscle with the outer two abdominal layers (internal and external oblique) removed. When all 3 levels of transversus abdominis (lower, middle and upper) contract, the waist narrows slightly and the abdomen flattens.

Multifidus is a deep muscle located along the back of the spine very close to the midline. The deep fibers are short and span single vertebral segments. Important for helping to prevent back pain.

The pelvic floor is a hammock of muscles that connect the pubic bone at the front to the tailbone (coccyx) at the back. The pelvic floor supports the bladder as well as the reproductive organs and connects the inferior aspect of the hip bones and the sacrum.
 
Trusylver said:
The watches which you press your thumb onto when you want a reading are crap. The expensive fitbits etc. can be very inaccurate for tracking.
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Thanks, you have saved me wasted time and money. After reading your reply I read some of the Amazon reviews for these things, I saw some of the same comments. Now I am figuring out how to take my own pulse.

Hope you get your hip pain solved and worked out. That sounds very uncomfortable. Your understanding of your body has to help.
 
My Transverse abs are rather sore this morning lol, serves me right for neglecting to exercise that muscle for so long lol
 
I think my core is the one part of my body I'm satisfied is easily strong enough. I'd like a tiny bit of your leg strength though!
 
Had a mostly good day, little miss is 2 today and enjoyed her new scooter. In a lot of pain, little miss almost pulled a bookshelf on herself, grabbed it with my left hand, agrivating my shoulder badly. I have taken some strong pain killers and hope i can sleep later
 
I hope you got some sleep, Tru & woke up ok. Little miss 2 is as energetic & full of life as her Mum :)
 
Oh, wow - two-year-old at work! Very sorry you wrenched your shoulder - the mix of sharp physical pain and enormous relief that you'd kept her from harm must have been really staggering.
 
Today after taking little miss to a paediatrician appointment down the coast I took the opportunity to go into a large store selling commercial lifting equipment, looking at buying a good bar for the comp quality gym I am building at home. The woman on the showroom floor did not know anything and went to get help, at which point the shopping experience went down hill fast. The male (I am making assumptions here lol) who claimed to be a world record holding IPF powerlifter tried to convince my husband (Who is not a lifter and has no knowledge or interest in a bar) that I needed 3 different bars and that I needed a 25 mm bar with "whip" for bench and claimed such a bar was IPF approved, all of which is complete bullshit (see page 6 of IPF rulebook). As a Qualified coach and former National Champion, I know the specs of the equipment I need, and I do not need to be treated like I know nothing or that the man standing next to me is the one making the decisions. All of this pisses me off but it also shows that this person will say anything for a sale and to sell sub standard equipment to unsuspecting customers.

I just had a look at the records, and that claim was also complete BS
 
Ouch! Can you leave him a scathing review somewhere?
 
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