A new way to train

Mitch Bangert is hosting a free class on heart rate monitoring while training. The classes are offered from 6-7:30 p.m., Dec. 17 and 19 at the Platte Valley Community Center Shively Room.

“I’ve trained using Dr. Phillip Maffetone’s methods for years and have always had great results with no injury, illness or pain,” Bangert said.

The method Bangert is referring to is “The 180 Method”

Bangert used an example – Start with 180, then subtract your age – in his case 57, to come up with the number 123. “If you are in good shape, been training for a couple of years with no major illness, then 123 is your max aerobic heart rate.”

If a person works out on a spin bike for an hour with a heart rate of 113 -123 beats per minute range at the end of the hour, that person would bike about five miles.

One month later, using the same technique, the person would use the same heart rate and now bike eight miles in one hour. “Training aerobically, you can now put out the same effort but get more out of it as your heart is running more efficiently and you’re getting in better aerobic shape,” Bangert said.

“We have a lot of great classes here but very few of the instructors have the time to talk about heart rate or training aerobically during the class,” Bangert said. “This class will have more about heart rate training and includes handouts and time to ask questions.”

Training aerobically lets the body and heart tell the person when he needs to be and progress from there, Bangert said.

“Just recently, a spin classmate of mine was trying to get in shape … she had just quit smoking, hadn’t worked out really ever and was way overweight,” Bangert said. “She went out and got a heart rate monitor and I gave her a ‘zone’ to stay in during her workouts. In a couple of months she had dropped 20 pounds, was never fatigued, or ill and very jazzed.”

It is a conservative way to get healthy, Bangert said.

Pre-registration is not required for the class, Bangert said.

 

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