{Training Effect} shows the degree to which an individual workout improves your aerobic fitness.
More powerful than conventional zone training features, {Training Effect} tells you the quantifiable results of your workout.

Why {Training Effect} is important

If your workouts are too easy, your aerobic condition won't improve.
Likewise, if your workouts are too difficult, you run the risk of overtraining and hindering improvement.
Between those extremes, it's difficult to gauge the effectiveness of a workout on gut-feeling alone.

{Training Effect} takes the guesswork out of working out, giving you real-time and post-exercise information about the effectiveness of your workout.

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Designed for athletes in training, Suunto Coach monitors your progress and makes intelligent workout recommendations for frequency, duration and intensity. Whether you accept or decline a recommended workout, the Suunto t4 continues to adapt, maintaining an up-to-date plan for your athletic success.

Suunto Coach analyses your aerobic condition and makes an intelligent plan for improving it. Based on your personal fitness information, the plan will contain a mix of high-intensity days, low-intensity days and rest days. By following the plan, your body will receive the proper training load for optimal improvement. Because the plan is living, any action or inaction will cause the plan to evolve. To help you reach your goals safely and efficiently, Suunto Coach follows American College of Sports Medicine training guidelines.

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Visualize Success

Once specific training goals have been determined, it is time to add tools to help you realize these goals. The first step to realizing your goals is to visualize success. This means picturing a performance in training or racing that is perfect and positive in all ways. You need to visualize your performance in every detail. Think about small details such as body position, gear selection, and the exact movement of your arms and legs. It is the details that help drive visualization into reality. Visualization should be done regularly: Rehearse your goal performance at least two to three times per week. The more you can visualize a perfect race or training skill, the greater the chance you will be successful.
Tip by Carmichael Training Systems.

Even Short Runs are Beneficials

When it's a hectic day and you feel like you just don't have the time for a workout, remember that more times than not, even a 15-20 minute run in the fresh air will help freshen your mind and energize you for the rest of the day. To make the most of your shortened runs, increase your pace or add one or two intervals (5-10 minutes each) at your maximum sustainable pace. Pushing yourself a little harder for a shorter period of time helps you burn more calories per minute and ensures that you're still getting the stimulus needed to keep the fitness you have worked so hard to obtain.
Tip by Carmichael Training Systems.