Target Heart Rates

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AHA Recommendation

Health professionals know the importance of proper pacing during exercise. To receive the benefits of physical activity, it's important not to tire too quickly. Pacing yourself is especially important if you've been inactive.

Target heart rates let you measure your initial fitness level and monitor your progress in a fitness program. This approach requires measuring your pulse periodically as you exercise and staying within 50 to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. This range is called your target heart rate.

[Andrew Matthew]

Every human has it's own normal heart rate.
But the normal range is 60-100 beats per minute and with normal value of 80bpm.
As we age heart rate decreases.
Babies have higher heart rate than adults.
A heart rate of 60bpm and below is considered to be called bradycardia while a heart rate of 100bpm and above is called tachycardia.