Target Heart Rates
How do you get your heart rate on
target?
When you work out, are you doing too much or not enough?
There?s a simple way to know: Your target heart rate helps you hit the bull?s eye. ?We don?t want
people to over-exercise, and the other...
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Target Heart Rates
How do you get your heart rate on
target?
When you work out, are you doing too much or not enough?
There?s a simple way to know: Your target heart rate helps you hit the bull?s eye. ?We don?t want
people to over-exercise, and the other extreme is not getting enough exercise,? says Gerald Fletcher,
M.D., a cardiologist and professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Jacksonville, Fla.
First Thing?s First
Before you learn how to calculate and monitor your target training heart rate, you have to know your
resting heart rate. Your resting heart rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute while
it?s at rest.?
It?s best to check it in the morning after you?ve had a good night?s sleep and before you get out of
bed. The average resting heart rate is 60-80 beats per minute, but it?s usually lower for physically fit
people.? It also http://it.youtube.com/ rises with age.
Hitttin? the Target
Now you?re ready to determine your target training heart rate. As y
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