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- From: greg@mobius.viewlogic.com (Gregory Larkin)
- Subject: How to calculate % of max heart rate?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.202359.10949@viewlogic.com>
- Originator: greg@mobius
- Sender: greg@mobius (Gregory Larkin)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: mobius
- Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:23:59 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- Hi there,
-
- I just purchased a heart rate monitor and would like to
- calculate the correct target zone. I have seen 2 formulas
- for doing this and I was wondering if anyone know what the
- "right" one is?
-
- The first one is simple:
-
- current heart rate
- % = ---------------------
- max heart rate
-
- So if I have a maximum heart rate of 195, 60% = 117 bpm
- and 90% = 175.5 bpm. This seems to be a pretty wide
- range.
-
-
- I have also seen a formula like this:
-
-
- current heart rate - resting pulse
- % = ---------------------------------------
- max heart rate - resting pulse
-
- Assuming a maximum HR of 195 and a resting pulse of 50,
- this gives 60% = 137 and 90% = 180.5. This seems more
- reasonable to me.
-
- Does anyone have any advice on this? Also, is 60-90%
- the generally recommended "target zone" range?
-
- Thanks!
-
-
-
-
- --
- Greg Larkin, Software Engineer, Waveform Analysis
- Viewlogic Systems, Inc. Marlboro, MA 01752
- greg@Viewlogic.COM
-