Heart Rate

What is Target Heart Rate?
 

• An easy way to count your heartbeats
•  The optimal heart rate at which an athlete should perform 
• Number of times your heart beats per minute while at rest
•  Is the number of heartbeats per unit of time

How do you find your pulse? 
 

•  Neck, Wrist and Chest 
• Count your heartbeats for 10 seconds and multiply by 6 
•  Is expressed as beats per minute (BPM) 
•   Elbow, Ankle and Ear

How do you calculate your Max heart rate?
   

•  220 - Your Age 
• 250 - Your Weight 
• 220 - Your Height
• 20 - Your Age

What does your Heart Rate help you figure out? 
  

•  If you are exercising at the right intensity 
• How fast your heart beats while your active 
• How much fun are you having
• When you have eaten too much 

Common places to find heart rate

• Neck and wrist

• Tongue and armpit

• Thigh and bicep

• Ear and temple

What should your heart rate be when exercising ?

• Resting heart rate

• Max heart rate

• In your target heart rate zone

• Minimum heart rate

Carotid artery

• Pulse on wrist

• Pulse on side of neck

• Pulse on foot

• Pulse behind knee

John is 22 years old. He counted his pulse for 10 seconds and got 12 beats. Using that data, calculate his current heart rate.

• 72

• 65

• 75

• 78

If I drove in a car for 5 hours to see my family, what zone would my heart rate be in?

• Resting

• Target

• Maximum

True or False: A maximum heart rate over 220 would be dangerous.

• True

• False