Glossary

Quick glossary for the uninitiated. This will continue to be updated as I go, and use other words.

BMR: Basal Metabolic Rate. The calories you burn keeping yourself alive.

BPM: Beats Per Minute. Heart rate, often measured with a Heart Rate Monitor

HRM: Heart Rate Monitor. Device used to measure your heart rate.

Laziness: aka apathy – the desire to not do training, and to stay indoors eating pies, when you should be outside running in the rain.

Metabolic Age: The age of your metabolism. Based on your BMR.

RMR: Resting Metabolic Rate – see BMR

Skins: Sports compression clothing, made by an Australian company

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