Sally Edwards' Heart Zone Training: Exercise Smart, Stay Fit, and Live Longer [Paperback]

Sally Edwards (Author), Michael Snell (Author), Ellen Sampson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1996

An exercise manual offers a training technique for improving workouts by monitoring a person's heart rate, along with tips on designing exercise programs, lowering body fat, and increasing strength and stamina. Original. IP.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558505520
• ISBN-13: 978-1558505520
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,265,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sally Edwards, MA, MBA, Athlete, Author, Speaker, Entreprenuer

Sally is one of America 's leading experts in business, exercise science, and lifestyle living. She created the Heart Zones Training proprietary and branded training system. She is the National Spokeswoman for the Trek Women's Triathlon Series. Sally has completed over 130 all-women's triathlons during the past 20 years volunteering to finish most as the "final finisher" so that no other woman has to finish last.

Sally is a best-selling author with more than 20 books and 500 articles on health and fitness including the popular book Heart Rate Monitor Guidebook and The Complete Book of Triathlons. This professional triathlete is a 16-time Ironman finisher, a member of the Triathlon Hall of Fame, and past winner of the ultra-marathon, he hundred mile Western States Endurance Run.

She is the founder of a half-dozen businesses. She founded and franchised America's largest chain of retail sports shops, FLEET FEET Sports. Sally is a sought after professional speaker delivering dozens of speeches and performances each year. Today, she uses her passion for getting America fit to lead The Sally Edwards Company, a media company dedicated to uncommonly vibrant lifestyles, and Heart Zones USA , an international training, education, and coaching company. She is an example of what she teaches - living an active healthy lifestyle in Sacramento, California.


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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok book for beginners, raises lots of unanswered questions, September 9, 2004

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Michael (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sally Edwards' Heart Zone Training: Exercise Smart, Stay Fit, and Live Longer (Paperback)

This book is ideal for beginners. If only she had put the word beginner in the title I would have known and chosen another book. The book is very basic, and more than half of it consists of experiences of her friends. She goes into too many details about them, and the quotes sound made-up.

I'm a beginner to heart rate training but not a beginner to exercise. I ended up with lots of questions that her book doesn't answer. She says many things that I'm questioning. Maybe they're true for beginners who are out of shape but for me? According to her book, I'm running anaerobically (86% of HR max) yet I'm not even out of breath. Later she says that the threshold is different for everyone. so these percentages she gives (60%, 70%, 80%, etc.) are not accurate.

Overall I got some good ideas from this book, like the importance of cross-training and keeping a log of what I do. But at the same time I think at least half of it wasn't helpful. If you haven't exercises in a while and are out of shape, and are willing to buy a heart rate monitor (I suggest Polar) then this book is for you. If you already exercise I would search for a more advanced book or website.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Inspirational!, September 30, 2003

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David R. Bess (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sally Edwards' Heart Zone Training: Exercise Smart, Stay Fit, and Live Longer (Paperback)

I have exercised regularly for years, and am well-acquainted with the benefits of aerobic conditioning. Although I have been aware of the importance of proper heart rate, I've always just guessed at it. On my last visit to my physician, he suggested that I exercise using a heart rate monitor. Sally Edwards' book was the one I chose to inform me on heart rate training.

This book presents the basics of heart zone training, which are exactly what I need as a beginner. A more experienced heart rate trainer might find the volume too simplistic, but for a novice it is ideal. Edwards' work is easy-to-read, and the training stories of friends and acquaintances personalize the presentation.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who is considering a heart rate training program. It's basic, it's believable, and it's built upon solid medical and athletic experience. Once you've read this title, you'll want to buy a heart rate monitor immediately. Take your time, learn about features and prices, and then purchase accordingly. The appendix at the back of the book gives some good advice on how to select a monitor that is right for you.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better for beginners, May 3, 2003

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"pharmrep3" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sally Edwards' Heart Zone Training: Exercise Smart, Stay Fit, and Live Longer (Paperback)

Sally Edwards book is ideally suited for the novice non-runner. I found the information in this book to be very basic and with the primary emphasis to be targeted at individuals beginning a fitness program. The book is writen in a very friendly manner and definately not "textbookish". I recommend this book for those people interested in beginning a fitness program.