Dave Taylor Attempting World Record on Treadmill
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Dave Taylor, 57, is currently attempting to break the world record of 811 km run on a treadmill set by Brendan Brustad this past April. Dave is running to raise money for the Gone But Not Forgotten fund that supports police officers that have been injuryed or killed in the line of duty. Dave has already raised $27,000! Dave has suffered blisters and a swollen ankle thus far but it hasn’t stopped him yet. He estimates he will reach his goal at 6 pm this Saturday. So how does he do it? Probably a lot of mental toughness. It also helps that he is able to take up to half an hour breaks to use the restroom and possibly get a little bit of sleep. This is probably all that Dave needs though, he’s an ultra runner who knows how to deal with the pain. We wish Dave all the best in reaching his goal. You think you can run farther than Dave on a treadmill? Well here are a couple of rules you need to keep in mind when you make your attempt:
1. You can chose whatever speed or mode you would like as long it is not a downhill mode.
2. You can not lean on the machine’s handlebars.
3. The belt must be strictly stopped before you leave the treadmill. You have to run every rotation that you are counting.
4. The venue must be open to the general public so they can see you being a lab rat.
Now all you need is a treadmill. Here are some great deals on some fantastic treadmills.
Running With a Polar RS100 Heart rate Monitor
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A great blog post, running on a treadmill this time of year is essential as the pathways are frozen, its great to read your session techniques. You use a heart rate monitor to indicate your level of exertion, it has become an essential tool in maximising results from fitness activity . A Heart Rate Monitor like the Polar RS100 heart rate monitor for example has a chest strap that detects your heart beat and sends a message to a watch which in turn shows your heart rate .
When you exercise your heart rate will enter one of five heart rate zones, they are set as a percentage of your maximum heart rate and shown below .
Zone name
Max heart rate %
Calories burnt per min
1 Healthy heart Zone
50-60
3-7
2 Temperate Zone
60-70
7-12
3 Aerobic Zone
70-80
12-17
4 Threshold Zone
80-90
17-20
5 Redline Zone
90-100
20+
By raising your work rate during exercise, will increase the level of calories you will burn ; The body burns a combination of body fat and carbohydrates during exercise , The tougher you work out, increases your heart rate which burns calories faster from your bodies stock of carbohydrates .
When you exercise in the threshold zone (Zone 4), you do not burn any extra fat . This means if you are on a low calorie diet and trying to lose weight , the effects of increasing your work rate to zone 4 and 5 will result in you feeling hungry, more so than if your heart rate was in zone 4 or 5. Staying in the lower zones will train your body to build stamina , keeping muscle size down and consuming fat reserves .
Exercising in zone 4 or 5, the threshold or redline zone, will train your body to become stronger and will build muscle as a result , improving physical performance and making you faster and stronger . Exercising in zone 4 and 5 and working your heart rate to a high level will mean your body will burn calories quicker as your metabolic body rate will increase as it recovers from the exercise. A good tip would be to limit your calorie intake at the zone 4 or 5 level, your body will burn additional fat . Be careful not to reduce your carbohydrate intake by too much as your energy levels will drop and could result in diziness or fainting .
So which zone you choose to exercise in? If you want to go faster, build up muscle mass, then zone 4 is where you want to be. If you want to tone up, work off the excess few pounds gained during festive excess, then targeting the Aerobic zone (zone 3) and exercising for as long as you can is the best way forward.
To work out your maximum heart rate, is most simply calculated by taking you age away from 220 (If you are 30 years old then your maximum heart rate is 220 – 30 = 190 beats per minute). You can use this maximum heart rate to identify your target optimum heart rates for your exercise routines. You then exercise to a level where your heart rate matches the zone that you want to exercise in.
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You can now easily calculate your heart rate zones. As an example if a 30 year old needs to loose weight without bulking up with muscle then they need to work out at a rate of 70-80% of 190 bpm . the Polar RS100 Heart rate monitor will need to show your heart rate between 133 and 152 beats per minute for a duration of 30 minutes on the treadmill will burn off between 360 and 510 calories depending on your weight and fitness level.
An interesting statistic is the one pound of fat can be burned off. You just need to ensure you don’t eat those 3500 calories .
Using a quality heart rate monitor can be crucial in achieving maximum effect from your exercise routine, the Polar RS100 can show your heart rate in beats per minute or as a percentage of your maximum heart rate, enabling you to stay in the correct exercise zone to achieve the result you want.
Good luck in your training
David