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What does heart rate mean when measuring levels of fitness?

April 26, 2017Fitness heart levels mean measuring rate

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What does heart rate mean when measuring levels of fitness?

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The heart rate on itself doesn’t necessarily tell anything about the level of fitness; for example a very high or low maximum heart rate does not indicate a good or a bad level of fitness. Only knowing the exercise capacity (VO2 max) and thresholds gives the heart rate a real meaning.