In eighty years, your heart will beat approximately 3.2 trillion times—an engine that doesn't stop, almost never requires maintenance, and adapts itself to varied demand. Our engineers have not yet begun to touch that brilliance of evolution. This course will explore the concept of HR training zones—the idea that the HR at which you train is the ultimate arbiter of your results. We'll learn how to estimate and then measure our maximum heart rates, and we'll use those data to create training plans suited to our goals. We'll learn the tradeoffs of various training intensities and debate what constitutes fitness; we'll even experiment with heart rate reduction, used rarely in sports like biathlon. This course will not mandate what physical activity you use to achieve the HR goals set forth; requirements will be based around intensity and volume. Note: a wearable HR monitor of some type is required.

Units: 2

Max Enrollment: 15

Typical Periods Offered: Fall and Spring

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Not Offered; Spring