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Creating your Heart Rate Zones
Your heart rate zones and percentages will be calculated using the
Karvonen method. This method uses max heart rate, but also accounts for different
levels of fitness. This increased fitness is most commonly demonstrated by a decrease
in a person's resting heart rate. Basically, this method uses your maximum
heart rate to determine your training zones, but then adjusts them for your level of
fitness by taking into account your resting heart rate. Your resting heart rate can
be calculated by taking your resting pulse three mornings in a row, just after waking up,
adding all of them together, and dividing by three to get the average.
Calculated Heart Rate = Resting Heart Rate + ( Maximum Heart Rate - Resting Heart Rate ) * Percentage
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