Varying your intensity - Ausbb

PowerBuilder · 27-11-2009, 04:49 PM

G'day,

I was talking to a friend of mine a while ago, about doing some serious sprint work...he's been doing it for quite a while now. He mentioned that he varied his intensity when it came to running. I told him that it make complete sense, since when i'm doing weight training, i vary my intensity from 85-100% of my 1RM.

My question (that i asked him & i'll ask you guys) is how the bloody hell do you estimate what your 85% of your full capacity to run 100 meters is, for example? Same could be said of course for 200, 400 or 800 meter. Do you work by feel or what?

In 2010 I'll be putting a lot of time & energy into building up my cardio fitness & want to come to grasp some, what i consider to be...important aspects.

29-12-2009, 05:31 PM

From what I've been told and read about, when it comes to cardio the percentage at which you work at relates to your BPM or 'Heartbeats per minute". You work out what your fat-burning or high-intensity BPM is and work at a percentage of that.

Correct if I'm wrong though :P

Christian · 29-12-2009, 06:20 PM

Cardiovascular work comes into when you are training slow twitch muscle fibers.

The word cardio has alot of nad stigma to it so i try not to use it.

Why cant you get strong fast and give your heart a work out all at once? Why do you have to have weight trianing over in the left and cardio over in the right?

Once you impliment weight based circuit lifts ect you are on the right track.

27-11-2009, 04:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
PowerBuilder Active Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Posts: 2,161	Varying your intensity G'day, I was talking to a friend of mine a while ago, about doing some serious sprint work...he's been doing it for quite a while now. He mentioned that he varied his intensity when it came to running. I told him that it make complete sense, since when i'm doing weight training, i vary my intensity from 85-100% of my 1RM. My question (that i asked him & i'll ask you guys) is how the bloody hell do you estimate what your 85% of your full capacity to run 100 meters is, for example? Same could be said of course for 200, 400 or 800 meter. Do you work by feel or what? In 2010 I'll be putting a lot of time & energy into building up my cardio fitness & want to come to grasp some, what i consider to be...important aspects. __________________ Mobility/Flexibility - Strength - Conditioning. These 3 things are paramount to any training program no matter who you are. - Jim Wendler

29-12-2009, 06:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Christian Active Member June10MOTM Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sydney Gender: Posts: 5,826	Cardiovascular work comes into when you are training slow twitch muscle fibers. The word cardio has alot of nad stigma to it so i try not to use it. Why cant you get strong fast and give your heart a work out all at once? Why do you have to have weight trianing over in the left and cardio over in the right? Once you impliment weight based circuit lifts ect you are on the right track. __________________ S.P.N.H - Strength Power Nutrition Health http://www.facebook.com/spnhsydney *Information I provide does not substitute a proper medical evaluation by a medical professional; nor does it constitute practitioner/patient relationship, or liability, in any way.

29-12-2009, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
L2P Guest Posts: n/a	From what I've been told and read about, when it comes to cardio the percentage at which you work at relates to your BPM or 'Heartbeats per minute". You work out what your fat-burning or high-intensity BPM is and work at a percentage of that. Correct if I'm wrong though :P