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Message: [QUOTE="Improviser, post: 3814107, member: 10683"] Why don't you buy a Sports watch so you can monitor your heart rate? I have a Myzone which comes with a belt and clip. You wet the electrode on the strap, fasten the clip, and enter the Myzone app which you download from Google Playstore, and enter basic data, like your date of birth, and the app will know your maximum heart rate. I am 73 so my max heart rate is 220-73, or 147. I can see the % of heart rate on the watch and on my tablet or android phone, where the apps are downloaded. I feel pretty good at 70-75% of heart rate or 103 bpm to 111. If I want to push myself, I do intervals where I get the bpm to 80% or 120 bpm. I do not run. It puts a lot of stress on the joints. If you had a stress test, the doctor should have told you the safest heart rate % for you. I don't mean the maximum heart rate for you age, but the percent of maximum or beats per minute that you can handle. You can read the data on HIIT is you like, subject to conferring with your doctor. HIIT or Tabata means you exercise as hard as you can at intervals so you can accomplish the equivalent of a 30 minute workout in 8 minutes. Again, if you had a condition, you need to ask your doctor what is appropriate. HIIT can mean 30 seconds as fast as you can pedal (if on an exercise bike or on an arc trainer/elliptical). Then a moderate rate for 2 minutes, and back to the 30 seconds. Or, some HIIT means 30 seconds as fast as you can go and 30 seconds at a moderate clip, and this is all done in about 8 minutes. I like wearing the watch and looking at it and at the app. Myzone gives you the cumulative calories during a period of exercise via the heart icon. Just my take. I am not looking to kill myself over it. If I can get 500 to 600 calories in an hour session, I feel I have accomplished something. The other take is, nothing wrong in 2 thirty minute sessions, twice a day, or 3 twenty minute sessions. And, you don't even need an hour a day. Two sessions of 20 minutes each is fine. Using the mph sounds like you are running, since 3 mph is considered more than just a leisurely walk. Measuring the bpm IMO is a more sound and careful way to measure progress, especially if you are on the mend for a condition. If you always were an athlete, I can understand why you want to get back to what was a fairly rigorous regimen. Wish you well on your exercise regimen. [/QUOTE]

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