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HOW TO CHOOSE
AN
AEROBIC
TRAINING
METHOD
How hard you work out during your Lifecycle@ exercise
session
depends
on your
fitness goals and physical
condition.
Your
PEP
(Personal
Exercise
Plan)
should
fit your goals and preferences.
If you don't enjoy your workout,
you won't
continue.
Basically,
design a workout
that you can live with.
Page 11 explains
how to develop
your Personal
Exercise
Plan.
This section describes
the two aerobic
training
methods
that are available
on the
Lifecycle@
-
interval training
and steady-pace
training.
Note:
A Lifecycle@Training
Log is included
at the back of this manual so you can
record information
on your progress.
Interval
Training
Interval training,
which is offered by selecting
the Hill Profile program
or Random
program,
provides
periods
of high-effort
aerobic
activity separated
by regular
intervals
of low-intensity
exercise.
By varying the workload
throughout
the
exercise
session in this way. your heart rate will range between
the high and low
ends of your THRR. You can also change the levels of intensity
during your ride
by simply pressing
a numbered
key which is greater than the one your entered at
the beginning
of your ride. Likewise,
you can select a lower number.
The Lifecycle@ aerobic trainer is unique in the fitness industry.
Its patented.
computerized
interval training
program
has been scientifically
demonstrated
to
yield statistically
significant
cardiorespiratory
improvement
compared
to
steady-pace
training.
And, the Lifecycle@ goes one step further.
Its Hill Profile
program
offers "interval training with progressive
overload."
Not only does it offer
the challenge
of alternating
hills and valleys, but the hills and valleys become
progressively
more difficult during the course of the ride. (See Figure 4 on page
24.)
Interval training
is extremely
popular with individuals
ranging
from elite athletes,
whose performance
depends
on power and speed, to patients
in medically
supervised
rehabilitation
facilities.
A study conducted
at the Human Performance
Laboratory
of Oregon
Health Sciences
University.
compared
interval and
steady-pace
training and concluded
that interval training offered the following
advantages:
. Greater cardiorespiratory
fitness gains per unit of time -. approximately
60%
greater than steady-pace
training
. A feeling of less discomfort
and less muscular
fatigue than steady-pace
exercising
. Reduced
boredom
and the potential for increased
adherence
to the overall
exercise
plan
-Allen, D., McDougal,
K.G. and
Pickens,
D.W.,
A Physiological
Comparison
of Interval
vs.
Steady-Pace
Training
(Abstract),
Medicine
and Science
in Sports
and Exercise,
19:562,
1987.
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