Question about target heart rate....
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Question about target heart rate....
| Wed, 09-01-2004 - 11:12am |
Hey ladies...I'm hoping you can help me out here. I've been going to the gym for about a week now (I know - a WHOLE week). Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what my target heart rate should be. I've looked online and I get anything from 130 to 170 BPM. Does anyone have a site/calculator/equation that they use to compute their THR? This exercise stuff is confusing. :-) I'm going to try the elliptical machine today - wish me luck!
Amanda

First and foremost hey a week is better than not going.
Secondly there are a lot of recent studies out that really say that is not a huge factor in weight loss.
The heart rate is a suggested rate that your heart should be pumping. It has a lot to do with oxygen and all sorts of things that lead to speeding up your metabolisim. Bottom line my trainer has told me at my weight 235.5 to try and stay around 150. It depends on your height, weight and age.
Most people will say that it doesnt matter and I have tracked it with my weight loss for certain weeks and it has not made a difference in my weight loss amounts.
You should be slighty short of breath but be able to complete slow sentances, should not feel dizzy, lightheaded, or have any tingiling in your arms, fingers, legs or toes. Always a safe rule.
Good luck at the gym
~ JODI ~
293.5/235.5/175
http://health.yahoo.com/health/centers/weight_loss/10004
Amanda
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