What Will be the Optimal Heart Rate while Exercising?
There is a method of calculating your optimal heart rate if you’re an athlete or wish to undergo a training. Here are the steps you need to follow to calculate it. • Determine the maximum heart rate (MHR) which can be calculated by subtracting your age from 220. • Calculate your normal resting heart rate (RHR). Either use this resting heart rate calculator, or you can just measure it when you wake up in the morning. • Subtract the RHR value from your MHR value and you will get the value of your heart rate reserve (HRR). • Mow, multiply this HRR value by the percentage of the MHR at which you wish to do the training. 60% to 85% of the MHR is the advised range for most people. • Add RHR to this result to get your target rate. So, let’s take an example of a person with age 30, who has a resting heart rate of 70 bpm, and desires a training range of 70% of the MHR. Here’s how the calculation would go: 220 – 30 = 190 190 – 70 = 120 120 x 0.7 (70%) = 84 84 + 70 = 154 This will be the optimal
