Running Heart Rate Zones 101

This episode is part of the Running Fundamentals Course. A free online course to help runners understand the foundations of running performance. Just click the link to get the full course sent to your inbox. Running Fundamentals Course Why are my Running Heart Rate Zones not accurate? Have you ever wondered why the running heart rate zones on your GPS watch or running app seem way off? So, for example, you feel like you’re running at an easy pace but your watch tells you you’re in zone 5? What are these heart rate zones for anyway? This might seem like a small problem, but it leads runners to feel confused and lose confidence in their training. If your heart rate zones seem way off, there is a good chance you will ignore them. That’s a shame because heart rate zones are incredibly helpful for improving your training. In fact, you can also use pace zones to really step up the quality of your workouts. However, if your zones are not calibrated correctly, they will do more harm than good. So, in this episode, I intend to answer the following questions… What are the running heart rate zones? How do the running heart rate zones relate to running pace zones? Cool stuff mentioned in the show YouTube Video of this episode Full article for this episode Follow Me Instagram: @matthewboydphysio Facebook: @matthewboydphysio Twitter: @mboydphysio YouTube: Matthew Boyd Website: matthewboydphysio.com Would you like your running or triathlon questions featured in a future episode? Just click here to leave me a voicemail.