It's very important that you exercise within you're heart rate zone! A dear friend of mine, has been training to run Marathons at age 55+. Her mail order personal trainer, never informed her about her zones. She sent her running logs to me for review and for advice. Every run she took, was over her maximum heart rate for long periods of time. She never knew that running below you're max heart rate was important.
When you exceed the maximum heart rate for you're age, you're heart works harder than it should, to pump oxygen into you're muscles. When you are just under you're max, you are getting the proper amount of oxygen into you're system. Professional athletes will go over their maximum heart rates 1 or 2 times a week, only to work their heart anaerobically. If you continuously have anaerobic workouts, you're body will not perform at the level necessary to see improvements in you're cardiovascular workouts. So...slow down and run within the limit, incorporate 1 or 2 anaerobic days only.
For anaerobic workouts, I suggest my clients use my max oxygen training (Max OT). Altering through various forms of anaerobic activities, gets better results when conditioning the heart. The more efficient you're heart becomes, the more intense you're workouts can be. Pay attention to how fast you get to you're minimum and maximum heart rates, and to how fast you're heart rate recovers. This is important information that will help you understand how effective you're workout is.
Food for thought: Have you ever heard of a person who runs all the time and suddenly dies of a heart attack? Perhaps, they ran constantly over their max heart rate and their heart finally said enough! Remember you're heart is a muscle that can be over worked too! Don't let this be you! So, good luck, buy a heart rate monitor (use my link and help me out) and get the results you want!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Memorial Day
Today is a day for remembering the men and women who have died for America...My son and Niece are now serving in the Navy! May God protect them and keep them out of harms way. I served for 8 1/2 years and my father served during the Korean war.
I have been busy with a new project of mine. I'm learning how to use my new DSLR camera professionally. Look forward to pics of myself demonstrating proper techniques for weight lifting. My next technical purchase will be a video camera and I will almost be technically complete and in step with the rest of society....yea
Kathy and I have been steadily manifesting what we want in our lives and it is a joy to see each item come to us. It is so much more exciting to dream about the things we want and to know they will come true, instead of saying gee I wish...etc.
I highly recommend that you read Esther and Jerry Hicks book called The Vortex. In the back of the book is a great CD and you can listen to one of Esther's seminars. Especially important on the CD is her response to the first question asked. This response is what all parents should hear in reference to children. Sure would have been nice to have when my two were younger! lol...Pass the word on to people you know who have the task of raising balanced children! I have been using it on my 21 year old and she is receiving the information in stride. It's fun to listen to her tell me about how it's working for her. Get it, read it!
I have been busy with a new project of mine. I'm learning how to use my new DSLR camera professionally. Look forward to pics of myself demonstrating proper techniques for weight lifting. My next technical purchase will be a video camera and I will almost be technically complete and in step with the rest of society....yea
Kathy and I have been steadily manifesting what we want in our lives and it is a joy to see each item come to us. It is so much more exciting to dream about the things we want and to know they will come true, instead of saying gee I wish...etc.
I highly recommend that you read Esther and Jerry Hicks book called The Vortex. In the back of the book is a great CD and you can listen to one of Esther's seminars. Especially important on the CD is her response to the first question asked. This response is what all parents should hear in reference to children. Sure would have been nice to have when my two were younger! lol...Pass the word on to people you know who have the task of raising balanced children! I have been using it on my 21 year old and she is receiving the information in stride. It's fun to listen to her tell me about how it's working for her. Get it, read it!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Anchors away
Awe, this is personal today. Today is my sons first day in the Navy. Somewhere up in Chicago, is a young man dressed in a Navy uniform, going through training. Since I spent 8 1/2 years of active duty as an officer, I know that this is the best place for any young person to be. It will teach him so much more about our wonderful country than a history book can tell. He is in fact defending our constitution and will be more informed than most of our youth in America.
But, this post isn't about the promotion of the military. It's more about a mothers never ending love. When he was young, every birthday eve, I would shed tears of sorrow for both my son and daughter. Tears of sorrow because I would no longer have a five year old, etc... In the morning there was joy welcoming in the new age for the next year. They were growing into beautiful people, looking forward to what the new year would bring.
Today my thoughts were on these moments and I was musing on what he might be going through his first day. New haircut, new clothes, mess hall food, new bunk mates, new instructors and of course, realizing that he is in fact at the bottom of the totem pole. There were new people in charge of him and not his captain mommy. (Captain mommy was a joke between my children and I; when times warranted their undivided attention, I would tell them "This is Captain Devo speaking to you!") A new way of waking up to life. No more rolling over in bed and not showing up for work. People who won't put up with his excuses for being late to work. He will discover what Duty, Honor and Country stands for. Perhaps he will have a renewed respect for his mom? lol
Never the less, I mentioned to a new mother with child about my sons new quest and she said a few words that brought tears to my eyes. "You must be emotional about this?" Then the tears swelled in my eyes. Yes, he was still my baby boy! I'm very proud of him. I have no doubt in my mind, that they will fine tune what I started. God speed my fine young man, God speed. I love you...
But, this post isn't about the promotion of the military. It's more about a mothers never ending love. When he was young, every birthday eve, I would shed tears of sorrow for both my son and daughter. Tears of sorrow because I would no longer have a five year old, etc... In the morning there was joy welcoming in the new age for the next year. They were growing into beautiful people, looking forward to what the new year would bring.
Today my thoughts were on these moments and I was musing on what he might be going through his first day. New haircut, new clothes, mess hall food, new bunk mates, new instructors and of course, realizing that he is in fact at the bottom of the totem pole. There were new people in charge of him and not his captain mommy. (Captain mommy was a joke between my children and I; when times warranted their undivided attention, I would tell them "This is Captain Devo speaking to you!") A new way of waking up to life. No more rolling over in bed and not showing up for work. People who won't put up with his excuses for being late to work. He will discover what Duty, Honor and Country stands for. Perhaps he will have a renewed respect for his mom? lol
Never the less, I mentioned to a new mother with child about my sons new quest and she said a few words that brought tears to my eyes. "You must be emotional about this?" Then the tears swelled in my eyes. Yes, he was still my baby boy! I'm very proud of him. I have no doubt in my mind, that they will fine tune what I started. God speed my fine young man, God speed. I love you...
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