Heart Rate

How to find your maximum heart rate

• 220 - your age = MHR

• 230 - your age = MHR

• Resting heart rate x 2 = MHR

• 300 - working heart rate = MHR

Heart rate when the body is at rest

• Slow heart rate

• Resting heart rate

• Target heart rate

• Working heart rate

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

• wrist

• neck

• leg

• chin

What is heart rate?

• Oxygen going to the heart

• The number of times your heart beats in a minute

• Blood pumping though the body

• Carbon dioxide leaving the body

For teens, a healthy resting heart rate falls between:

• 50 to 85

• 55 to 85

• 50 to 100

• 142 to 220

• Any heart rate is healthy because it varies from person to person.

Through what percentage is the target heart rate zone?

• 15-55%

• 30-65%

• 45-80%

• 50-85%

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

• wrist

• neck

• leg

• chin

Why can't you use your thumb to find your pulse?

• Your thumb has its own pulse
• Your thumb is too big
• You need two fingers
• Your thumb has no brain

What is target HR

• Where you want your heart rate to be while exercising.

• The HR zone where you are working too hard

• The HR zone where you aren't working hard enough

• A dangerous zone

John is 22 years old. What is his max heart rate?

• 190

• 189

• 98

• 198