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With an abundance of apps and wearable technologies that allow us to track, observe and record our fitness data, it's never been easier to use heart rate training to improve athletic performance. However, these tools can make it confusing. That's where Heart Rate Training, 2nd Edition comes in. ;In this brand new edition, authors Roy Benson and Declan Connolly combine their decades of coaching experience and scientific expertise to help you process data and determine the best way to make a heart rate monitor work for you. Inside you'll find the basic exercise science you need to calculate your target heart rate, understand fitness training and use heart rate variability (HRV) training to aid in recovery. There's also information to teach you how to vary the intensity, duration, frequency and mode of your exercise sessions to help you improve your endurance, stamina and speed. The text also features sample programmes which help you design a long-term training for various sports including running, cycling, swimming and team sports. Whether your goal is to improve lifelong fitness or take your athletic performance up a notch, you'll get the results you want with Heart Rate Training.