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These kicks definitely have to be the most COMFORTABLE pair of shoes I’ve ever bought! So what are the called REG??? They go by the name of …
Nike Free TR Men’s Cross Training Shoe.
As an Exercise Physiologist, these shoes are great to train in. They’re lightweight and have good arch support for you runners out there. I just came back from my first CARDIO session and I’m ready to go buy another pair!
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If you are an individual that wishes to MaXiMiZe your performance during your exercise session and overall level of FiTness, then understanding the importance of tolerating aerobic activity within your TarGeT HearT RaTe ZoNe is highly important.
So for those of your who don’t know, What is the Target Heart Zone?
To put it simply, this is the zone you want your Heart Rate in while you exercise. The TarGeT HearT Rate Zone is 60-80% of your Maximum Heart rate. So how do you calculate your maximum heart rate you ask? Take 220-age = Max HR (Karvonen Method). Once you arrive at the Max HR, multiple by 60% and 80% to get your zone. When you exercise, your fuel source is FAT and CARBOHYDRATES. Exercising at your 60% burns FATS, and exercising at your 80% burn CARBOHYDRATES.
**For those who already know, I left out the HEART RATE RESERVE just to keep things simple to understand**
(Ex. 220 – 26= 194 …(194*0.6)(194*0.8) … my zone is 116 – 155bpm. So, while I’m exercising at the gym, my heart rate should be within that range. Curious about yours, check out the graph..
| Age | Target HR Zone 50–85 % |
Average Maximum Heart Rate 100 % |
| 20 years | 100–170 beats per minute | 200 beats per minute |
| 25 years | 98–166 beats per minute | 195 beats per minute |
| 30 years | 95–162 beats per minute | 190 beats per minute |
| 35 years | 93–157 beats per minute | 185 beats per minute |
| 40 years | 90–153 beats per minute | 180 beats per minute |
| 45 years | 88–149 beats per minute | 175 beats per minute |
| 50 years | 85–145 beats per minute | 170 beats per minute |
| 55 years | 83–140 beats per minute | 165 beats per minute |
| 60 years | 80–136 beats per minute | 160 beats per minute |
| 65 years | 78–132 beats per minute | 155 beats per minute |
| 70 years | 75–128 beats per minute | 150 beats per minute |
For those of you, that are athletes, your “Zone” will be higher then what is explained above.
My recommendation:
Keep “Aerobic” exercise CONSISTENT,…VARY the TYPES of exercise that you perform. KEEP YOUR BODY GUESSING!!!!!!
Comments are welcome
RoChE OwT
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…for my Health,
…To Stay Fit,
…for my Cardiac Rehab patients,
…to Motivate and InSpiRe others,
…for my Family,
..to Prevent Coronary Artery Disease,
…To Preserve my Sexy.
What do U Cardio for?
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Reggie Laroche
The Exercise Physiologist
On December 31, 2008 I became a father. The world of fatherhood was something that was very new to me and something that I felt I wasn’t ready for at the time. It is now August 4th, 2010 and my son is now 20 months old (WTF). When people used to tell me that “Kids grow up so fast” I never really believed them until now.
Anyways, the topic of this Blog is “The Loss of Curiosity as we Age” … Why and how did i come to this realization? Well I’ll get to that in a minute. I feel, and as other parents can relate, that kids are NEVER TIRED!…EVER!! lol I think it’s best to be a parent while you’re young (Late 20’s, early 30’s) so you have the ENERGY to play with them. I can tell that my son Justin is always trying to figure out this world he lives in and all the new technological gadgets that he sees. And that goes with every other kid out there living in this new century. I feel that when we are so young, we become very CuRiouS and InQuiSiTiVe about our surroundings that we think differently using our imagination in very unreasonable ways that don’t make sense at all to older individuals. Examples like: What if a car could fly? or What if I had a wrist watch like an iPhone where I can see someones face while they talk to me? (Random Thoughts little elementary kids can have) These crazy, off the wall type questions and ways of thinking need to be fostered continuously and MAINTAINED before the curiosity/imagination goes away.
I feel that Great Teachers understand this one aspect in how we educate our kids and other teachers should definitely use this “Imagination Excitement” within our youth to help them keep “that” as they progress through their grade levels. Why?? Because the NEXT Generation should ALWAYS be Smarter and INNOVATIVE than the PREVIOUS! To many of you (Adults) who will read this,… the amount of time that we spend being curious everyday is very small, if we even do that at all. Why is this? it’s a WorD call RESPONSIBILITIES! We have to worry about going to work and probably continuing our education at the same time, paying bills, keeping our kids on a routine throughout the day, or going on Facebook or Twitter or whatever else that prevents us from using our natural ImaGiNaTioN and CuRioSiTy. And this is why it dissipates as we age.
I can write about this forever, so I’m going to end it with a challenge…
My hope and challenge to everyone is to spend 10 min/day to go back to how we used to be and start thinking of OFF the WALL type ISH! Forget about the Social Networking sites, etc and just sit there and think WHAT IF? I guarantee you that someone is going to be the next billionaire because of some random ass idea that they would have never thought about if they didn’t take the time to use their ImaGiNaTioN and be CuRiouS!
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