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Saturday, September 06, 2008
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Target Heart Rate |
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Check Your Target Heart Rate
- Right after
you stop exercising, take your pulse: Place the tips
of your first two fingers lightly over one of the blood
vessels on your neck, just to the left or right of your
Adam’s apple. Or try the pulse spot inside your wrist
just below the base of our thumb.
- Count your
pulse for 10 seconds and multiply the number by 6.
- Compare
the number to the right grouping below: Look for the
age that is closet to your age and read the line across.
For example, if you are 43, the closest age on the chart
is 45; the target zone is 88-131 beats per minute.
| Age |
Target Heart Rate Zone |
| 20
years |
100-150 beats per minute |
| 25
years |
98-146 beats per minute |
| 30
years |
95-142 beats per minute |
| 35
years |
93-138 beats per minute |
| 40
years |
90-135 beats per minute |
| 45
years |
88-131 beats per minute |
| 50
years |
85-127 beats per minute |
| 55
years |
83-123 beats per minute |
| 60
years |
80-120 beats per minute |
| 65
years |
78-116 beats per minute |
| 70
years |
75-113 beats per minute |
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Source: Exercise
and Your Heart, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and
the American Heart Association, NIH Publication No. 93-1677.
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