In a fitness program, target heart rates let you measure your initial fitness level and monitor your exercise progress. This approach requires measuring your pulse periodically as you exercise and staying within 50 to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. This range is called your target heart rate.
We need to know our heart rate during the fitness program, especially in a program for weight loss. The easiest way is measured by using a heart rate monitor. If you don’t have one, then your heart rate can be measured by using two fingers placed on your pulse either at the neck, or on the wrist. Measure for 10 seconds where start counting from 0 (instead of 1), 1, 2, 3….. and multiply the number by 6. You will get your heart rate per minute.
Maximum Heart Rate
Maximum Heart Rate is a measure of the maximum number of times your heart can safely beat per minute in the fitness program. This figure will decline with age.
Maximum Heart Rate = 220 – Age
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