Determining Your Target Heart Rate

1. Your resting heart rate:_____ (RHR)
2. 220
- ____ (your age)

Abbreviations:
RHR = Resting Heart Rate
THR = Target Heart Rate
BPM = Beats Per Minute
MHR = Maximum Heart Rate
= ____ Maximum Heart Rate (MHR)
- ____ (RHR)
= ____
x 60% (or 0.6)
= ____
+ ____ (RHR)
=
_____ Lower Limit of Target Heart Rate Range
  
.............................................................................................................

3.

220
-
 ____ (your age)
=
 ____ Maximum Heart Rate (MHR)
-
 ____ (RHR)
=
 ____
x
 80% (or 0.8)
=
 ____
+
 ____ (RHR)
 
=
____ Upper Limit of Target Heart Rate Range

4.		  
Your heart rate should be between _____ and _____ BPM for aerobic workouts.