heart rate

Your age is 25 and you want to figure out your target heart rate zone for vigorous exercise using the HRR method. What would be the first step to take?

• Find your maximum heart rate

• Multiply by desired percent

• Add your resting heart rate

• subtract your resting heart rate

What is Heart Rate?

• The lowest number your heart can beat

• The number of times your heart beat a day

• The number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually per minute

• The amount of times your heart should beat while exercising.

What is the formula to calculate max heart rate

• Max Heart Rate = 220 - age

• Max Heart Rate = 220 + age

• Max Heart Rate = 220 x age

• Max Heart Rate = 220 / age

What is your target heart rate ?

• Range of beats per minute that your heart should beat to create bigger muscles

• How fast you wish your heart would beat

• range of beats per minute that your heart should beat to get the least benefit out of your cardiovascular exercise.

• Range of beats per minute that your heart should beat to get the most benefit out of your cardiovascular exercise.

If your are taking your radial pulse you should be feeling on what part of the body?

• wrist

• neck

• leg

• chin

If you are taking your carotid pulse, you should be feeling on what part of the body

• wrist

• neck

• leg

• chin

Calculate the max heart rate of a student aged 15

• 215

• 235

• 15

• 220

Don is 22 years old. He counted his pulse for 15 seconds and got 20 beats. Using that data, calculate his current heart rate.

• 40

• 20

• 80

• 100

Donna is a runner and has decided that her she wants run towards the lower end of her target heart zone. Which of the following percentages is likely to be a percent that she would use?

• 25

• 65

• 95

• 80

How do you calculated your target heart rate (THR)?
 

•  Resting heart rate x 60% (.60) = THR 
• Max heart rate x 60% (.60) / 80% (.80) = THR 
• Heart rate x 10% (.10) = THR
•  Max heart rate x 20% (.20) = THR