[Mike Simonds]

Wow Ed that sounds great!

Weight lifting is something I need to do more of, especially for injury prevention. I will try to add at least one day per week.

I started using a heart monitor last month and its great for training your heart during workouts. Here how it works (you don't even need a monitor, just find your pulse and count for one minute, or 6 seconds and add a zero):

Take 220 and subtract your age (I'm 42 years old so my example will be for me):

100% is 220 - 42 equals 178
65% of 178 equals 116; this is your heart rate for warm-ups.
75% of 178 equals 134; this is your heart rate for fat burning (aerobic training).
85% of 178 equals 151; this is your heart rate for strength training (anaerobic, when you are cycling/running up a hill or with resistence).
92% of 178 equals 164; this is your maximum training heart rate (try not to exceed this).

I believe that to gain aerobic benefits you need to train at least 20 to 45 minutes at 75% or higher 3 times per week.

Hope this info helps and I'm looking forward to sharing more workout tips and experiences. I like Ed's idea about riding a bike to the beach. Sounds like a fun way to get into shape.


[Edited by Mike Simonds on Aug 8th, 2002 at 05:34 PM]