How fast should your heart beat
Posted on April 10, 2009
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A heart beat is necessary for our heart to transport blood and oxygen around our bodies, but have you ever questioned how many times your heart should beat each minute and what your healthy resting heart rate should be?
It is best to measure your heart rate first thing in the morning after at least 7 hours sleep, before you get out of your bed.
The average heart rate for men is 70 beats per minute
The average heart rate for women is 75 beats per minute
It is important to remember that heart rate rises with age and whilst doing exercise, and that heart rates in athletes and those that exercise frequently is normally lower than those that do not take much aerobic exercise.
Calculate your target aerobic heart rate for exercising using the following steps
1) Subtract your age from 220
2) Subtract your resting heart rate
3) Divide by 2
4) Add your resting heart rate
Here is an example: Take a 50 year old with a heart rate of 70
1) 220-50 = 170
2) 170 – 70 = 100
3) 100/2 = 50
4) 50 + 70 = 120
This person’s target aerobic heart rate for exercising is 120.
High resting heart rate has been linked to a higher risk of heart attack in some studies., so it is important to try and maintain a healthy resting heart rate.
My next post will consider ways to get a healthy resting heart rate.
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Is there a diverse effect if you have a low resting heart rate?
I am 45, average fitness & my resting heart rate seems to average at 65 bpm.