FASTER Focus — MYZONE

Wearable fitness technology (specifically the use of heart rate monitors) is one of the biggest fitness trends in 2017. Tracking your heart rate allows you to have a deeper knowledge of your fitness level. It also allows you to have better monitoring of the intensity at which you are working. Wrist trackers are becoming extremely popular and the technology used in them is getting better as well. A wrist worn heart rate monitor measures your heart rate through the blood flow in the area below the monitor. While this is an okay estimation of heart rate it becomes less accurate...

Many people believe that it is necessary to keep their heart rate high at all times during exercise but this is not true. Keeping your heart rate at the same rate makes you achieve steady-state exercise which we discussed when we talking about burning fat. Steady-state exercise is not the best for increasing cardiovascular performance or for maximizing calorie burning. The heart is a muscle and like the muscles in your body it achieves the best workouts when it is surprised. Keeping the muscles guessing increases muscle gain just like performing exercise are varying heart rates increases cardiovascular endurance. The...

Have you ever trained with a heart rate monitor? Do you own a monitor already but are unsure of exactly how to use it or the benefits? Let’s face it, there are a lot of wearable technology devices for fitness; FitBits, Nike Fuel Bands, Polar, Garmin, we could go on and on. But have you ever heard of MYZONE? Our clients have, but even they ask great questions regarding their technology. So let’s start by introducing MYZONE and then look at some questions, misconceptions, myths and facts. MYZONE is the most accurate form of wearable technology currently available. It requires...