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There is so much talk about the heart monitor watch, and heart training these days. It appears you cannot do an effective work out without being bleeped at by a heart monitor watch throughout the session. But what are all these zones about and what do they mean?

Well you first have your Aerobic Zone.

This is the next zone up from your natural resting heart rate. This is the zone that you will start off in. You will need to develop how you perform in this zone before you can move on to the next.

The Anaerobic Zone

In this zone you will not be burning fat so much as using glycogen which is stored in the muscles and is more commonly known as lactic acid.

The Red Line Zone

Many of us will never get our heartbeat to this zone. This zone is usually reserved for the extremely fit amongst us, the top athletes who enter this zone for short periods only, like when they run a race at competition level.

Some other things that can affect your heartbeat are:

Dehydration – this can increase your heart rate by up to 7%.

Heat and humidity can also increase your heartbeat and so can altitude by up to 20%.

Because you cannot see your heart it is very easy to concentrate on how your legs, arms or other parts of your body look. Working on getting your heart performing more effectively can have massive health benefits, and studies have shown that a well exercised heart goes a long way to beating heart disease and problems. So get to know and understand your zones.