Dear Health Conscious Reader,
Congratulations on being a part of the PACE revolution.
If you’ve been using PACE properly, you know that the key to achieving your goals is to reach the supra-aerobic zone.
But many of my patients tell me they’re not sure how to tell if they’ve reached their supra-aerobic zone or whether they’re doing their exertion and recovery periods properly. On top of that, some of them have had a hard time tracking their progress.
Here’s what I ask them: Are you measuring your heart rate?
Measuring your heart rate is critical to the success of your PACE program. It’s a way to accelerate PACE and trump up every one of your body’s adaptive changes.
Think of it as “PACE on steroids.”
Your heart rate gives a clear and accurate picture of your progress. It helps you…
- Track Recovery Time. Your recovery time is a marker for your heart health. If your heart rate doesn’t slow down at least 30 beats in the first minute, you’re in poor shape. If your recovery heart rate slows down more than 50 beats in the first minute, you’re in excellent shape.
- Gauge the Intensity of Your Exertion. Measuring intensity is an important aspect of your PACE workouts. Underperform and you won’t get the benefits. Overperform and you’ll put yourself at risk. If your heart rate is less than your target range during exercise, you can speed up or work harder. But if your heart rate is higher than your target zone, you’ll need to slow down.
- Determine Whether You’ve Entered the “Supra-Aerobic Zone.” When you finish an exertion period and go into a recovery period, your heart rate should go up a few ticks. This usually takes place in the first 10 to 15 seconds. As your recovery period continues, your heart rate will start to come down. This is a sure-fire way to know you’re doing PACE correctly and will help you build a bulletproof heart and powerful lungs.
Personally, I use a heart rate monitor during all of my PACE workouts. It makes it much easier to track my heart rate than stopping to count pulse beats. Plus, some of the features – especially the alarms and timers – come in handy.
But there are problems with heart rate monitors. I’ve noticed that a lot of them have so many gadgets they’re almost impossible to use. Worse, many of the ones I’ve tried over the years have been downright defective.
I’ve found a reliable, easy-to-use, 6-function heart rate monitor that I’ve been using with my patients… with great success. They’re telling me how much their exercise routines have improved now that they can follow the intensity of their exertions.
My patients are so happy with the monitor that I wanted to make sure you could get one, too. It’s the best kind… the type that has a chest strap and wristwatch. The chest strap rests right up against your heart, so you know you’re always getting an accurate reading.
This easy-to-use heart rate monitor has everything you need to gauge your exertion levels and find out if you’re reaching your supra-aerobic zone. In fact, it has three different audible (two visual) alarms to help you track your progress.
Here’s the best part…
If you order your own PACE heart rate monitor now, I’ll throw in a set of skin-fold calipers so you can measure your body fat to lean muscle mass ratio. Plus, you’ll also get a myotape measure that lets you see how the inches are melting off of you. I’ll even include a body fat composition chart – all for free – so you can track your measurements over time.
Imagine… now you’ll be able to gauge the intensity of your PACE workouts… accurately measure how much body fat you’re losing… and know exactly how many inches you’re losing around the waist, thighs, and buttocks..
All you have to do is order your PACE heart rate monitor here at $69.95 and you’ll get everything you need.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD