Heart Rate Bands Calculator

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Concept 2 Training bands

Band

Type of Work

%
MHR

Rate
(SPM)

What it is good for

How you feel

UT2

Utilisation 2. Light aerobic, low intensity work. Sustainable and fat burning.

55-70

18-20

General CV fitness.

Relaxed. Able to carry
on a conversation.

UT1

Utilisation 1. Heavy aerobic work using more oxygen.

70-80

20-24

Higher level of CV fitness.

Working. Feel warmer.  Heart rate and respiration
up. May sweat.

AT

Anaerobic Threshold.

Harder work. On the aerobic limit. Pushing into anaerobic area.

80-85

24-28

High level of CV fitness. Building mental and physical tolerance.

Hard work. Heart rate
and respiration up.  Carbon dioxide build up. Sweating. Breathing hard.

TR

Oxygen Transportation.
Working hard.
Unsustainable for long
periods.

85-95

28-32

Developing oxygen transport to the muscles under stress. Increasing cardiac output.

Stressed. Panting. Sweating freely.

AN

Anaerobic (without
oxygen). Short bursts of maximum effort. Unsustainable.
Burning carbohydrate.

95-100

32+

Anaerobic work. Increasing speed. Accustoming the body to work without oxygen.

Very stressful. Gasping.
Sweating heavily.

Table © the Concept 2 training guide.