Tue, Jul-28-09, 16:30
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What a good girl!!!
Posts: 2,852
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Plan: my own
Stats: 195.8/165.0/138
BF:Getting Rid of IT!
Progress: 53%
Location: Chicago suburbs
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Anaerobic Threshold (AT)
I joined a work out team weight loss. 3 times per week for an hour, we get on the treadmill and get our heart rates to specific zones with the use of speed, incline, weights, and resistance bands. I took at test to see what my heart rate zones are and mine are not like the other women in my group. My heart rate zones start from zone 1: 154, zone 2: 165, zone 3: 175 and my (AT) is at 186. We usually stay in the high zone 3 and go into zone 4 for small periods of time. I am 40 years old and the women that are my age and a few older and a few younger all have heart rate zones considerably lower.
I have asked the trainers there and they just say everyone is different. I have googled this and can't seem to find an answer.
Is there a "normal" number to be at for AT?
Am I working on getting it higher or lower?
Am I in pretty bad shape with these numbers after not working out for a few years?
I was a competitive ice skater and cross country runner in school but it has been years of being sedentary that has me concerned. I want to work back to a "good" range but I have no idea what that is.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. I don't know much of the workout lingo either.
Thanks,
Lisa
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