It is important to understand how to use the various ideal target heart rate zones for training to achieve specific health and fitness results. LifeSpan treadmills, elliptical trainers and exercise bikes have heart rate monitors that will read your heart rate as you workout and display your heart rate on the treadmill, elliptical or exercise bike console.  The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that healthy adults strive to exercise within a heart rate range of 60-80 percent. Your optimal heart rate training zone may vary depending on your health status, any medications you are taking, and your personal health and fitness goals whether you want to manage a chronic disease, lose weight, or train for a sporting event.

Target Heart Rate Zones

Light Intensity Workouts: 35-49% Effort
Establish a good endurance base for overall fitness and to have the overall endurance to take your fitness to a higher level. Ideal training zone to maximize fat burning over a longer workout duration.

Moderate Intensity Workouts: 50-74% Effort
Develop your overall fitness by increasing your exercise intensity to maximize cardiovascular fitness along with benefiting from a greater percentage of overall calories burned per minute of exercise than would otherwise be burned exercising at a lighter level.

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Heart disease is the #1 killer of women.

• 1 in 4 women dies of heart disease.  1 in 30 women dies of breast cancer.
• Leading a healthy lifestyle, which includes getting physical activity, can help lower the risk of Heart Disease by as much as 82%.

We are pleased to partner with The Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign for women to help lower heart disease.  As with many chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, exercise plays a key role in controlling the disease.

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has chosen LifeSpan to join reputable companies including Diet Coke, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills and Swarvoski in The Heart Truth campaign to raise awareness of heart disease among women. LifeSpan is the only fitness equipment company to partner with The Heart Truth.

About The Heart Truth

The Heart Truth is a national campaign to raise awareness of heart disease among women.  It is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

The national symbol of The Heart Truth is the Red Dress, which reminds women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspires them to take action.  Many celebrities and public figures, including Laura Bush, support The Heart Truth throughout the year and at the annual Red Dress Fashion Show each February.

The Heart Truth campaign is part of LifeSpan’s ongoing community responsibility commitment to support health-related initiatives. Although significant progress has been made in raising awareness among women about heart disease, from 34 percent to 57 percent since 2000, most women still fail to make the connection between risk factors and their personal risk of developing heart disease. We are proud to support this valuable campaign and help make a difference in women’s lives.

The new small yet powerful LifeSpan Elliptical Trainers, made by PCE Health and Fitness, were highly rated in annual fitness equipment reviews of best rated treadmills and elliptical trainers for 2009.

These compact ellipticals were also awarded the symbol of manufacturing excellence award for combining high quality with innovative, compact design.

The compact LifeSpan EL1000 and EL3000i elliptical trainers are carefully designed with details important to consumers, as recognized in elliptical reviews.  “The LifeSpan EL1000 elliptical is a solid unit offering a good value for the money,” says Treadmill Doctor in its annual award reviews of treadmills and elliptical trainers.  LifeSpan ellipticals ratings were high in reliability, quality, value and ergonomics.  “The EL3000i elliptical looks good with its combination of quality and price.”

LifeSpan elliptical trainers are small enough to fit comfortably in your home, yet big enough to give you a sturdy feel and the durability of ellipticals used in health clubs.  The compact, stacked drive design of the LifeSpan elliptical saves floor space without sacrificing quality, durability or power.  The ellipticals are great for low-ceiling rooms due to the elliptical’s low step up height.
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