The most prominent and accurate means of determining target heart-rate is the Karvonen formula. This formula calculates a percentage of the heart-rate reserve, which is the difference between the resting heart-rate and the maximal heart-rate.
Heart-rate reserve = maximal heart-rate - resting …
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To take a pulse check, there are 2 ways to count. The first is a 6 second count, the other a 10 second count. To figure the beats per minute, the 6 second count is multiplied by 10 and the 10 second count is multiplied the 6. (Actually there's a third way - 15 seconds multiplied by 4!)
While …
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When calculating target heart rate, there are several points at which there could be room for error.
The first is the + 10 on the age predicted formula (Astrand and Rodahl 1977).
Second is using the more generalized method (maximum heart-rate - MHR) of calculating THR without figuring out a …
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The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) has long been encouraged for use in the group exercise setting in addition to heart rate checks. But in recent years, it has increasingly become the primary means for determining how hard you are working. Considering the margin of errors and the time required …
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In 1979, Polar invented the first wireless heart rate monitor for the Finnish Nordic Ski Team. As intensity training has increased in popularity, so has the use and availability of this equipment, which can eliminate a large margin of error with counting pulse.
Heart rate monitors are usually …
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When we first ran the series "How Hard Are You Working" about measuring exercise intensity, we found that there were few charts that featured the various means of measuring heart rate and exertion. So we designed this poster sized chart and we have sold nearly 1,000 charts since.
This multi chart …
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Gin developed this clever workout for an ACSM conference presentation that offers variety and fitness with little equipment required.
It's a fun twist on workouts that you can pick and choose from to work into your daily schedule or weekends.
Don't forget - check with your doctor before trying …
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photo credit: Ewick
Sometimes it's hard to wade thru headlines and know that what you are doing is what you need to be doing. Several years ago, information about a study related to low to moderate activity burning the most fat was widely circulated. This led to a lot of confusion about which …
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In the 90’s, the Nike shoe corporation begged the question in a clever ad campaign that featured volleyball superstar Gabriella Reece, shown in a TV ad casually dining with friends. When a nearby patron began choking, the super-fit athlete nimbly jumped a chair rail to …
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photo credit: Lance Shields
Balance: A state of equilibrium or parity characterized by cancellation of all forces by equal opposing forces.
That’s just one of a dozen definitions in the dictionary for the word ‘balance’. We know that life is a ‘balancing’ act, that you have to …
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