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iDurance - Free Training Planner

  Download our Training Planner free. Are you training for Ironman, Cycling, Running or any other endurance sport. The idurance training planner is for you. It is a Windows based software program that keeps a accurate account of all your training. Multi sport, Multi user, and database managed.   If you are a keen sportsman like me and feel that other software packages are not very handy for multi sport and multiple users and leave you feeling like something is missing. This software...

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Endurance Training Software - Main Screen
Written by Niel Buys   

Idurance Tool Main Screen

1. Setup Menu - This menu has a collection of Items for changing the setup of the Software. The following items are present Edit User Details, Setup Sport Types, Setup Supplements, Setup Course and Setup Type of Training.

2. Reports Menu -  Here you will find a collection of Reports. This section should expand with each new software release.

3. Export Menu - There is only a limited amount of exports at this stage we will see to expand this section. There are 2 exports and they are both in a xml format Export User Data and Software Settings. User Data can be imported on the user screen and the Software settings is for replacing the default settings setup file.

4. Edit Menu - This is a collection of functions to edit your log data.

5. Help Menu - a link to all help documents and the About screen.

6. Find us on Menu - Here you will find all the links to the Facebook, Twitter and You Tube sites.

7. Choose Sport Type - Select the sport you want to see. The graph also show the selected data.

8. Show All - If this is selected the list will show all sport types, it doesn't matter which sport is selected. The graph also show the selection data.

9. Reset Columns - If you tick this the log grid will reset to default settings after you restart the Idurance software.

10. Log tab - This shows all the log data. The Graph also shows this selections data.

11. Plan tab - This shows all the plan data. The Graph also shows this selection data. On the Plan tab its possible to copy a plan item to the log with one button click.

12. Column selection - You can select the columns you want to see on this button. Also the grid allows that you can sort by the column name you press on and you can drag the order of the columns around on the grid.

13. Grid - This represents the log list. depending on which tab is selected it will show the log or plan data.

14. Add new log - You add a new log or plan entry depending on which tab you selected.

15. Graph selection - Here you select the graph you want to see. The software will remember which graph you selected with your previous run and it will start up on that graph.

16. Graph - This is your Graph it will show the graph depending on the options selected on top.

17. Graph Date select - Here you select the date range your log graph must show, the software will remember you setting.

18. Close Button - Close the software with this button.

Help and Training Videos

 
Target Heart Rate Calculation

Target Heart Rate Calculator

There are two popular general equations for calculating target heart rates: Age Adjusted and Karvonen. In addition, two alternative equations are presented here, Heart Zones and Inbar. Age is the key factor in each of the heart rate equations. Typically, age is subtracted from a fixed number to determine your maximum heart rate. Choose the method you are most comfortable with. The following is a brief description of each equation presented on this page:

Age Adjusted = (220-Age) * % of Max 
You’ll notice that this equation is very simple and can be easily memorized. Unfortunately, it can also have large prediction errors, oftentimes greater than 10 bpm.

 

Karvonen = ((220 - Age - Avg. Morning Resting Heart Rate) * % of Max) + Avg. Morning Resting Heart Rate 
The heart rate calculated in the Karvonen method is a more personalized figure closely tied to your fitness level.

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Heart Rate Training Monitors

Employing heart at the correct rate in the sport or activity that you are taking part in is the core of ‘heart rate training’. The heart rate monitor is in fact a reliable, suitable and personal pointer of the strength of your exercising regimen. It is imperative to be on familiar terms with the strength of exercises so that you can alter it depending upon your health and objectives you wish to accomplish by exercising. Quality heart rate training informs you of your body’s response to exercises, renders essential feedbacks on improvement, and helps you to observe how you are progressing.

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Exercise and Race Nutrition

Whatever activity you take up, a balanced diet will render ample nutrients to enhance training efficiency, improve your performance in the competition and ensure optimal recovery. Athletes spend most of their time every day training and competing where they utilize large amounts of energy. So, it is important to preserve  energy by matching energy utilization with total energy consumption from food. The energy comes from proteins, carbohydrates and fats in fluids and food. Carbohydrate serve as the major fuel for workout, particularly for high-intensity or prolonged exercises when rate of body-fluid loss is high due to sweating required to dispel the body-heat produced.

Low carbohydrate amounts in the body and dehydration leads to tiredness and poor performance. This clearly means ensuring sufficient fluid intake and dietary carbohydrates along with rest periods between training regimens leading up to competition. Carbohydrate intake is imperative during the week leading up to the competition,

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Heart Rate Training Risks

Target Heart Rate Calculation Methods

There are usually two major ways to utilize heart-rate to find out the intensity of workout regimens. The first is to take percentage of max HR (maximum heart rate) of athletes. The approximate value of maximum heart rate can be made out simply by subtracting a sportsperson’s age from ‘220’. Say for an example, a twenty years old person’s maximum heart rate would be near about two hundred beats per minute and ‘target range’ of 70-80% would imply 140-160 bpm (beats per minute).

The second method of utilizing max HR to determine ‘target range’ includes resting HR of an athlete and is commonly known as the ‘Karvonen method’.

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