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Title: Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot by John L. Parker ISBN: 0-915297-25-6 Publisher: Cedarwinds Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is the cure for burnout!!
Comment: I have been an on-and-off runner for the last 15 years (33-years-old now) Back in my younger days, I used to run the same 6-mi course virtually every day, with little to no variation. My goal?...To be faster than my fastest time on that course. This was my concept of fitness. In retrospect, there is little wonder that running became a chore admixed with assorted minor injuries. Up until about a month ago, whenever I got back into running, I would essentially duplicate this "training" method. No wonder I have been a three months on, two months off kind of guy for so long. I picked up this book and have started to truly train smarter and not harder. The heart rate monitor does not lie and gives the best objective measure of how you are working. Staying within the recommended HR ranges allows one to get what they need out of each workout, but still have something left over.
I agree with earlier reviews that there is little meat in this book (run easy days at 70% of less of HR range MAX; run hard days at 85%+); nevertheless, it is an entertaining book with little fluff, inspiring testimonials, and a bunch of workout plans in the back to give any level of runner a framework to get going. It is a quick read (about 2 hours for me). Having perused the Triathletes Training Bible by Friel ( a highly rated book for any kind of athlete), this book seems to be geared toward the average athlete and is devoid of, what I feel, is annoying minutae.
I truly believe Parker's method will keep me away from burnout. Heck, it may even get me to race one day. Get this book..then loan it to a friend!
Rating: 2
Summary: Interesting read-- but no PR's for me
Comment: As an experienced road-racer for a decade, and user of a heart monitor for several years, I looked forward to learning to use it more effectively. Author of the classic, "Once a Runner," Parker promises marked improvement and PR's, backed up by enthusiastic testimonials. I eagerly followed his 12 week training plan to the letter, achieving 45-55 mile training weeks without injury or fatigue and increasing my cardiovascular fitness with a drop in resting heart rate to 45. Unfortunately, my 5K race pace slowed considerably as a result. All the easy running in the program made the hard training days feel much harder and converted me into a slower runner. This form of training just may not be suitable for every "compleat" idiot runner!
Rating: 1
Summary: Too many pages for just a few messages
Comment: This book is an entertaining, quick, and easy read, but contains really only one key message that doesn't take more than a brief magazine article to explain. It's the same message repeated over and over again: training too hard is inefficient and you won't improve - you must alternate hard days with easy days, with "hard" being defined as over 70% your max heart rate, and "easy" being below that threshold. That's really all you need to know. Not worth reading an entire book on it - one chapter is entirely on athletes' testimonials trying to convince you of the importance of heart rate monitor training. Well hello, I'm reading the book - you don't need to continue to sell me on the strategy halfway through it! The suggested training programs are overly-simplistic, and I would find it hard to stick to them exactly, as Parker suggests, given other normal training needs (e.g., cross-training, weight-lifting, etc.). The book is also designed primarily for runners, as evidenced by the running-based training program. The book lacks any real insight beyond the very basics.
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Title: Precision Heart Rate Training by Ed Burke, Edmund R. Burke, Geroge H. Sage, Dave Scott ISBN: 0880117702 Publisher: Human Kinetics Pub Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Sally Edwards' Heart Zone Training: Exercise Smart, Stay Fit and Live Longer by Sally Edwards, Michael Snell, Ellen Sampson ISBN: 1558505520 Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Heart Rate Guidebook to Heart Zone Training by Sally Edwards ISBN: 0970013027 Publisher: Heart Zones Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The High Performance Heart: Effective Training for Health, Fitness and Competition With the Heart Rate Monitor by Philip Maffetone, Matthew Mantel, Matthew E. Mantell ISBN: 0933201648 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Maffetone Method: The Holistic, Low-Stress, No-Pain Way to Exceptional Fitness by Philip Maffetone ISBN: 0071343318 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 20 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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