Kinetic ยท Guides
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Practical guides to heart-rate zones, strength, HIIT, yoga and planning your week, from the makers of Kinetic.
- What a strength training app should do, and how it picks your next weight What to look for in an app for lifting, a worked example of how a next-weight suggestion is worked out, and a simple two-workout week to start with.
- Apple Watch heart rate zones, how they are set and how to train in them How Apple Watch sets your five heart-rate zones, how to edit them, a worked example of the math, and how to hold a zone on your wrist without looking.
- What a good workout planner app does, and how to plan a week of runs, lifts and rest in it What to look for in a workout planner app, a five-minute test, and a sample week of runs, lifts, HIIT, Pilates and rest that meets the weekly guidelines.
- A 5K training plan you can follow week by week, from your first run to race day A six-week 5K plan with three runs a week (easy, faster and longer), the pace math for your goal time, and how to start from zero with run and walk intervals.
- Progressive overload, and how to add weight, reps or sets without guessing Progressive overload means doing a little more over time. Here is when to add weight, how much, when to hold, and how to track it set by set.