What is HEART RATE CALCULATOR ?
It is so important to know your maximum heart rate to set the target heart rate training zones for the highest level of effectiveness and best results out of your exercises, and also to know your heart upper-tolerance that crossing it will jeopardize your life.
Resting heart rate is your heart rate when you are at rest (not under any physical or emotional stress) which is 60-80 beats per minute for average healthy adults is.
Maximum heart rate is the maximum number of beats your heart can perform per minute; its value is individualized for each person based on his/her resting heart rate.
Target Heart Rate is the heart rate range that you need to remain within during training to achieve your training objective, as the below table:
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Objective
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Target heart rate
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Benefits
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Get fit
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50 – 60 % Of Maximum Heart Rate
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Improve over all fitness
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Lose Weigh
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50 – 70 % Of Maximum Heart Rate
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Improve fat burning and helps in warming-up and cooling-down
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Increase Endurance
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70 – 80 % Of Maximum Heart Rate
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Improve endurance and fat burning
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Excellent Fitness
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80 – 90 % Of Maximum Heart Rate
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Improve performance capacity in shorter sessions
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Competitive Athletics
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90 – 100 % Of Maximum Heart Rate
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For athletes to develop speed
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Disclaimer: This calculator has been provided without any warranty of use nor can be used to provide a medical advice, it is provided as tool to indicate your Target Heart rate during training.