Training
Heart-Rate Zones, Without the Jargon
What the five zones mean and how to use them without overthinking it.
Kraventis Coaching Team
3 min read
Heart-rate zones are a way of grouping effort into broad levels, from easy recovery to very hard bursts. They give you a shared language with your coach.
Five zones, five jobs
Lower zones help you recover and build aerobic consistency. Middle zones ask for steady focus. Upper zones are for short, planned challenges. Most good sessions use several of them.
Treat the numbers as a guide. How you breathe and feel still counts.
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