About This Lesson Plan

Learn how to use your heart rate monitor to its fullest. If you own a heart rate monitor and have not used it in eons, bring it with you to this engaging workshop that will bring you back to the basics of how this thing works. Don't have one? Try your best to get one, they're relatively inexpensive and worth it.

This workshop will focus on the dynamics of heart rate training as it relates to physical activity. You'll discover the difference between dynamic, static and erratic heart rates while exercising.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is beneficial to anyone who wants to learn how to improve their cardiovascular fitness over time.

Topics and Objectives

- Understanding the basics of your heart rate training zones
- Investigate implications of interval exercises on your heart rate.
- Develop techniques to alter inefficient breathing while exercising.
- Increase your personal power through a greater sense of cardiovascular fitness.

Lesson Overview

LiveWisely 2020 workshops are interactive and engaging. It enables individuals to pick up new skills and apply them to their personal lifestyle. Participants will be engaged ask questions of the instructor and refer to handouts.

We will use these workshops to gain knowledge and ideas from each other then spend some time discussing how the new information applies to your life.

45-60 minutes for each activity, depending on level of student discussion and involvement.  (It is possible to extend or eliminate some stages of the activities, depending on the amount of time available, the level of maturity and sophistication of the students, and the teacher’s goals for the lesson or lessons.)

Lesson Plans

1. The essence of heart rate training
2. Characteristics of heart rate zone training relative to exercise

Handouts

- Basic Characteristics of Heart Rate Training
- Heart Rate Training Worksheet