Chapter 201. Calculating Your Target Heart Rate Zone

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CALCULATING YOUR TARGET HEART RATE ZONE

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CALCULATING YOUR TARGET HEART RATE ZONE

  1. Your maximum heart rate is about 220 minus your age:

    220 – age = (maximum heart rate)

  2. You can determine your lower-limit exercise heart rate by multiplying your maximum heart rate by 0.6.

    Max heart rate × 0.6 =

  3. You can determine your upper-limit exercise heart rate by multiplying your maximum heart rate by 0.9.

    Max heart rate × 0.9 =

  4. Your target heart rate zone is the range between and .

Source: ACSM Fitness Book: A Proven Step-by-Step Program from the Experts, 3rd ed. (Indianapolis: American College of Sports Medicine, 2003).