Target your Heart Rate
How to Target your Heart Rate (THR) according to the Karvonen formula:
- Count your Maximum Heart Rate (MHR) at 220 beats per minute
- Minus your age
- Minus your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) (pulse)
- Multiply by your Training Intensity (TI) i.e 60%, 70%
- Add your RHR
- Your result is THR
How to find your pulse:
Sit down for two (2) minutes and rest before taking your heart rate. There are two pulse points you may use to count hour heart beats.
- Radial pulse in the little groove on the thumb side of your wrist
- Carotid pulse beside the "Adam's apple" on the side of your neck
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