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The first “heart rate zone” was invented to make cardio feel like a video game. Gamify the suffering.

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Heart rate zones come from exercise physiology, where training intensity is expressed as a percentage of maximum heart rate. They were developed for training, not to gamify cardio, though modern fitness trackers do display them that way.

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