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Heart rate zones

Heart rate reserve, not a flat percentage of maximum. The difference is where you start from, and at the easy end it is worth more than ten beats a minute.

Your numbers

In years. The estimate of your maximum is built almost entirely out of this, which is also why it is only an estimate.

years

Sitting still for five minutes, or before you get up. A rate taken after coffee or stairs will push every zone up with it.

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Your training zones

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  • Age
  • Resting heart rate

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The training zones as a share of maximum heart rate, and what each is for Zone 1 50-60%, walking Zone 2 60-70%, the base Zone 3 70-80%, steady Zone 4 80-90%, threshold Zone 5 90%+, intervals, briefly bar length is roughly how much of your week belongs in each
Most of your cardio should sit in the bottom two. The top is a garnish, not a diet.
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