The secret of my success ;) Topic

Sune 02/07/11
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/67137328

Febrown 02/07/11
That's awesome!

Esra_oz 02/07/11
Mate that's awesome, but to be honest you're HR shouldn't be that high for that long.

You might want to look at doing intervals, they've been shown to burn more calories and gives you heart a chance to go between 150 and 180 with the difficulty changes.

I use a cross trainer every day, 30 minutes on interval setting at level 10. Burns about 600 cals.

Sune 02/08/11
If you notice my HR was a little below 170 at all times. That's surely not too high?

Level 10? That sounds pretty insane, isn't that very high resistance?

Esra_oz 02/08/11
Apologies, didn't read the scale right!

Yeah that looks fine but I'd still look at intervals, the raising and falling of the HR really helps your heart recover more efficiently.

Level 10 is pretty intense, but I've got pretty good legs and I'm pretty fit. I usually run about 5-7k each day but it does my knees in, so the cross trainer is a good alternative.

Dietitian 02/08/11
That is cool - I like the Garmin display/report.

Endurance athletes often go for a long time within a fairly narrow heart rate range so I don't think that is a problem.
Interval training would help you build speed and shake up your routine a bit.
However, I am also someone who likes to keeps my heart rate up for 45 minutes or so. Great for calories burning, by the way, and great for aerobic endurance.
Best,
Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD

John 02/09/11
Very cool Truds! Garmin connect works great for setting fitness goals on the web site and tracking with data recorded on the watch. Unfortunately, Garmin recently switched Google maps for Bing, a huge down grade. They must have sold their souls to the devil.

Dietitian: one suggestion to MND would be to create a link from Garmin Connect to MND. That would an awesome upgrade.

Here is a recent activity I did on a visit to Hong Kong. Fantastic fun!!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/59467723

Dietitian 02/09/11 replied to John
Wow - how I would LOVE to run that course. Are the views beautiful?
The link to Garmin Connect is a great idea! This is something that Support would love to hear directly from users. Can you post that in their thread on upgrade requests?
I wonder why they left Google maps. Sigh.
Best,
Kathy Isacks, MPS, RD

John 02/10/11
Yes, great views from the peak, but challenging uphill run.

Good idea to input to the support forum. Thanks.

The secret of my success ;)