What Is an Exercise Heart Rate Chart?
An exercise heart rate chart is a document that indicates target heart rate zones for people depending on their ages. Heart rate is measured in the number of heart beats that occur per minute and is sometimes notated as BPM, which stands for “beats per minute.” Each exercise heart rate chart is slightly different in terms of the heart rate zone or zones that it indicates. Some charts only show one particular target zone while others show a number of zones that can be targeted for different kinds of exercise and different kinds of fitness levels.
An exercise heart rate chart is a document that indicates target heart rate zones for people depending on their ages. Heart rate is measured in the number of heart beats that occur per minute and is sometimes notated as BPM, which stands for “beats per minute.” Each exercise heart rate chart is slightly different in terms of the heart rate zone or zones that it indicates. Some charts only show one particular target zone while others show a number of zones that can be targeted for different kinds of exercise and different kinds of fitness levels. One exercise heart rate chart might indicate three zones, including a fat-burning zone, an aerobic zone, and a cardiovascular zone, with the fat-burning zone targeting a lower heart with the cardiovascular zone targeting the highest of the three heart rate ranges. According to this kind of exercise chart, the fat-burning heart rate zone for a person at the age of 30 would be between about 130 heart beats per minute and 140 heart beats per minut