Target heart rate
What is the target heart rate?
The target heart rate is the optimal heart rate during exercises and makes up 50 to 75 percent of your maximum heart rate. The maximum heart rate is the upper limit of what your cardiovascular system can tolerate.
Why should you know your target heart rate?
The target heart rate is an efficient tool used to determine the difficulty of an exercise in order to get the maximum benefit – maintaining or achieving the perfect figure.
How to measure heart rate?
To check your heart rate during an exercise stop immediately, take your pulse for 15 seconds and multiply the obtained number by 4 to calculate your beats per minute.
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