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Calculating Target Heart Rate for Exercise

Author: Stephanie Werner

How to calculate maximum and target heat rate

 

 
To calculate maximum heart rate a simple formula is used:

                                                 220

                                    - age

                                    ---------

                                  n (max heart rate)

                         .6 *n = target heart rate for exercise

 

For example, we will take a 14 year old middle school student and calculate target heart rate.

                                                 220

                                    -  14 (age)

                                  ---------

                             206 maximum heart rate

                          .6(206) = 123.6 or 124 beats per minute is ideal while exercising                which is also known as target heart rate

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