Small-Town Doctor Provides Big-Time Care |
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| Authors: | Lynn Stevens |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Orthopaedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;2. Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;3. Sports Health and Performance Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;4. Ohio Health Research &5. Innovation Institute, Columbus, OH, USA;6. Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA;7. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA |
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| Abstract: | In brief: Two related studies were conducted to determine whether fast walking is intense enough to elicit a training heart rate (THR), which is defined as ≥ 70% of maximal heart rate. In one study, 343 subjects (165 men, 178 women) walked a mile as fast as possible. Ninety-one percent of all the women and 83% of men aged 50 and older reached a THR. In the second study, ten men with high V o2 max values were instructed to achieve and maintain a THR and were provided with visual feedback of their heart rate (HR) during a 30-minute walk. These subjects maintained a THR for an average of 25 minutes during the walk. Thus, it seems that fast walking may indeed offer an adequate aerobic training stimulus for most adults. |
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| Keywords: | Ice hockey injury rates concussion body checking high school athletes |
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