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I am really realizing that using a HR monitor to stay in your zone while varying your intensity, resistance, etc actually does make a big difference in your training. A HR monitor is worth the investment. I wish I had this advice years ago and used a HR monitor back then, it could have really helped my fitness levels in my younger days. I know now that I was either under training or over training and that I was not seeing the results that I ought to have been getting. In the short time that I have been following the "Younger Next Year" approach I am very please with my process. I have not lost much weight due to not concerning myself with the diet aspect at this time but I feel much better and I know that my endurance and fitness levels are increasing. I can see the results in the speed and intensity levels that I can train at and still stay in my target zone. As I see process in my endurance as I follow this approach to a fitter lifestyle I know, and believe, that I can make the diet changes that will allow me to lose the weight and reach my lifestyle goals. The key is in a younger next year philosophy not a younger next week approach (which is the approach I have always taken, I am no longer 20 yrs old!) and to use the principles of Kaizen (continuous, incremental improvements) to make workable, permanent changes to my lifestyle. Man, I wish I would have found and read this book years ago!