Zone BPMs

As I have said earlier I will use the Karvonen method for determining heart rate zones.
Using my current stats of HR_rest of 70 bpm and HR_max of 187 bpm.

I have calculated my heart rate intensities at 10% intervals from 0% (HR_rest) to 100% (HR_max)as below.

Intensity

0% - 70.0 bpm (HR_rest)
10% - 81.7 bpm
20% - 93.4 bpm
30% - 105.1 bpm
40% - 116.8 bpm
50% - 128.5 bpm
60% - 140.2 bpm
70% - 151.9 bpm
80% - 163.6 bpm
90% - 175.3 bpm
100% -187.0 bpm

from the previous post we can see that aerobic development and therefore the best zones in which to improve aerobic fitness are the 60 - 80% of HR_max zones. For weight loss any excersise is good as it all adds up to calories burnt - although aerobic excersise is better for reasons I shall discuss later.

For my own purposes I should be excersising in the 140 - 167 bpm range, as my fitness is not particularly good at the moment I will probably try to do most of my excersise between 140 and 152 bpm (but to monitor this I will need a heart rate monitor first).

On a side note I attempted week 3 day of the 100 Push-ups today and failed at set 3 I also failed a set 2 of the 100 Sit-ups. I will therefore have another rest day and try again on Tuesday but go back to the start of the previous week for both apps.