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Ingeneral,awirelessheartratecheststrapisthemoreaccurateandconvenientmethodofdetectingandmonitoringaheart
ratesignal.Theuserisnotrequiredtogripthetouchheartratesensorsandtheunitwillcontinuouslydisplaythedetectedheart
ratenomatterwherethehandsare
placed.
YourEstimatedMaximumHeartRate&TargetTrainingZone
Yourcalculatedtargetheartrate,ortheidealintensityneededtoimprovecardiovascularfitness,dependsprimarilyuponyour
ageratherthanyourcurrentstateoffitness.Iftheexerciseintensityistoolowortoohigh,onlymodestgainswill
bemadein
strengthandcardiovascularfitness.A workoutataverylowintensitywillnotoffermaximumbenefits.Conversely,ifthe
workoutintensityistoohigh,injuryorfatiguemayslowtheprogressionofyourexercisegoalsasthebodyattemptstorecover.
Itismosteffectivetotrainat
aheartratebetween60%and85%ofyourmaximumheartrate.Maximumheartrateiscalculated
as220beats‐per‐minuteminusyourage.
Tocalculateyourmaximumheartrateandfindtheappropriatetargettrainingzone,usethefollowingformulas.Forexample,
thefollowingestimationwouldberelevant
fora35year‐olduser:
220–35=185Bpm (220–Age=MaxHeartRateinBeats‐per‐
minute/Bpm)
0.60x185=111Bpm (60%of185BPM[MaximumHeartRate]=111Bpm,
theupperthresholdofthetargetedheartrate
trainingzone)
0.85x185=157Bpm (85%of185BPM[MaximumHeartRate]=157Bpm,
theupperthresholdofthetargetedheartrate
trainingzone)
Basedonthesecalculations,therecommendedheartratetrainingzoneforthis
userwouldbebetween111Bpm–157Bpm.Picturedto
therightisagraph
whichdisplaystherecommendedheartratetrainingzoneforuserstwentyyears
ofagetoseventy‐fiveyearsofage.