What Are Heart Rate Controlled Programs?
Heart rate control programs work by adjusting the intensity of a program to keep your heart rate at a preset level. This level will be a percentage of your maximum heart rate, as a rough guide to calculate your maximum heart rate, deduct your age from 220 e.g. if youre 35 years of age then your maximum heart rate is around 185. Depending on your fitness level you should workout to a percentage of that figure between 55% and 80%. Almost all cardio vascular exercise equipment can offer heart rate control, in this instance I have described how it works with regards to treadmills. Other pieces of exercise equipment such as crosstrainers also known as elliptical trainers and exercise bikes work on the same principles. When using a heart rate controlled program the exercise equipment will need to know your heart rate constantly. This can be either via the heart rate hand grip sensors or via a wireless telemetric heart rate strap which sends your heart rate via radio waves to the console. Mos
