FItness Gurus...I need your help!
I'm really freaking confused about target heart rates. My mom bought me this heart rate monitor / watch deal a while ago, and Ive been using it every day when I go to the gym.
The watch says my light target zone is between 116 and 134, my moderate target zone is between 135 and 154, and my hard target zone is between 155 and 174.
The watch also had me put in my age, height, weight, and gender so I'm assuming it was able to figure out what my target heart rates shouldve been.
I very rarely ever get to the hard zone as hard as I try, but I'm always in the moderate zone during my workouts. Another problem is that I don't sweat. I work as hard as my body can and I just dont sweat. My heart rate gets up to 150 - 154 and i'm still not sweating... and then as hard as i push my body, i think it has only crossed 154 like twice.
so...my question is... am i wasting my time with these workouts if my heart rate isnt where its supposed to be? and if my heart rate isnt where its supposed to be, how do i find out where it IS supposed to be?
i'm so confused :(
The watch says my light target zone is between 116 and 134, my moderate target zone is between 135 and 154, and my hard target zone is between 155 and 174.
The watch also had me put in my age, height, weight, and gender so I'm assuming it was able to figure out what my target heart rates shouldve been.
I very rarely ever get to the hard zone as hard as I try, but I'm always in the moderate zone during my workouts. Another problem is that I don't sweat. I work as hard as my body can and I just dont sweat. My heart rate gets up to 150 - 154 and i'm still not sweating... and then as hard as i push my body, i think it has only crossed 154 like twice.
so...my question is... am i wasting my time with these workouts if my heart rate isnt where its supposed to be? and if my heart rate isnt where its supposed to be, how do i find out where it IS supposed to be?
i'm so confused :(
