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Heart Rate Training Zones Explained: The Five-Zone Model
The standard five-zone training model divides your estimated maximum heart rate (220 minus age) into five bands from 50% to 100%, each corresponding to a different training intensity and physiological effect — from easy recovery pace at the low end to maximum, unsustainable effort at the top.
Read guideHow a Step Count Converts Into Distance Walked
Converting steps into distance is a single multiplication by stride length — the same step count covers more ground for someone with a longer stride, which is why there's no single universal steps-to-distance ratio.
Read guideHow Calories Burned During Exercise Are Calculated
Calories burned come from a MET value — how many times more energy an activity uses compared to resting — multiplied by bodyweight and a standard constant, then scaled by how long the activity lasts.
Read guideHow Calories Burned From a Step Count Are Calculated
Calories burned from steps use a simple per-step, per-kilogram rate — a heavier person burns more from the identical step count, since moving more body mass takes more energy per step.
Read guideHow Pace and Speed Are Calculated From Distance and Time
Pace is time divided by distance (minutes per km), and speed is distance divided by time (km per hour) — the same run described two different ways, since pace and speed are mathematical reciprocals of each other.
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