Get the most from your heart rate monitor
The Telegraph has some good advice on how to effectively use a heart rate monitor:
By monitoring your heart rate on a regular basis, you will also be able to tell whether or not you’re up for exercise on a particular day. An increase in your normal resting heart rate - which should be taken first thing in the morning and is typically about 60-80 beats per minute (though well-trained athletes can have heart rates in the 40s to 30s) - is a strong indication that you have not recovered from previous training, or that you may be coming down with a virus. If this is the case, take a day’s rest, or use it as an opportunity to concentrate on stretching.
Read the rest here.
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