There are four rules that newbies should know about when you first start training with a heart rate monitor:
1. 40 hour Rule.
On average, it takes 40 hours of using and wearing a heart rate monitor before it becomes your best friend. After that amount of time, you will know which buttons work which functions and what the number mean.
2. Observation Rule.
When you first start using your monitor, do not argue with it. Rather, just observe and pay attention. The mind likes to argue with the heart and in this case, the heart is almost always correct and so is your monitor. We tend to condition ourselves based on the feeling of exertion rather than the accurate method of using a monitor.
3. The High and Hot Rule.
Training in different zones on different days gets you the most benefit in the least amount of time. Training too much time in any one zone leads to fitness maintenance and not improvement. Training in the high and hot zones too long results in overtraining and deconditioning.
4. The Fat Burning Zones Rule.
There is no zone that burns just fat. Rather, you burn a ratio of fat, carbohydrates, and proteins in all of the zones. You burn fat in every zone. The higher the heart zones the higher the total amount of fat burned and the higher the total amount of calories burned. The highest amount of fat is burned near your anaerobic threshold heart rate.
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