Running & Hear Rate Zones

[Dan_Barker93]

Hi, I got a fitbit around 4 months ago and i have recently started running. I am not taking it too seriusly, I am just trying to run 5k every other day. At the moment I am managing to do it in just under 35 mins.

I have a question about the heart rate zones. I spend about 2 thirds of the time in the cardio 137-167 and the rest in fat burn. I have never been to the peak zone which for me is 167+ with my max being around 150. Is this a good thing? is it becuase I am unfit? Could I get some advice on this?

Thanks in advance

Dan

[USAF-Larry]

@Dan_Barker93, it seems the only thing you are seeing is that you are not running hard enough to raise your heart rate into the peak zone - it shows that you are running at your fitness level, and not pushing into the next level.

[bcalvanese]

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@Dan_Barker93 wrote:

Hi, I got a fitbit around 4 months ago and i have recently started running. I am not taking it too seriusly, I am just trying to run 5k every other day. At the moment I am managing to do it in just under 35 mins.

I have a question about the heart rate zones. I spend about 2 thirds of the time in the cardio 137-167 and the rest in fat burn. I have never been to the peak zone which for me is 167+ with my max being around 150. Is this a good thing? is it becuase I am unfit? Could I get some advice on this?

Thanks in advance

Dan

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The cardio zone is where most people train to increase cardio fitness level. The peak zone is for more advanced atholites and usually done in short bursts of a few minutes or so.

I have a Garming device that uses a 5 zone system. I try to stay in zone 4/5 for my intense workouts, and zone 2/3 for my recovery workouts.

[Reinhartz]

IMHO , I don't trust Fitbit 100 % when it came to HR Monitoring while i'm doing any intense training , i'm using Fitbit Charge 2 HR Monitor and it's accurately fine when i'm not doing any intense training.

But When it came to Intense Training , Fitbit Charge 2 HR Monitor failed its duty , because sometime it got lagging , and lost reading of my heart rate.

For my own safety reason , i did use chest strap monitor when i do intense training.

Here is the comparison for the FB Charge 2 V Chest Strap Monitor

As you can see in the comparison , there is no significant difference when it came to Average HR BPM for Fitbit Charge 2 and Chest Strap Monitor

But When it Came to Max HR BPM When ( 90 % Zone ) , as you can see , 176 BPM VS 165 BPM. Fitbit Mostly Fail to read when you got very intense 

( Charge 2 show -- in my case ) 

So For my Own Safety Reason , when it cames to Intense Training , I Always use Chest Strap Monitoring and not relying too much on my Fitbit Charge 2

[Dan_Barker93]

Thanks for the replys. I have found when running that when I have looked for my heart rate, it has not been able to pick anything up, I guess this could be because as mentioned it struggles someimes. A little annoying I must admit.