Finding Pulse and Heart Rates RHR

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Finding Pulse and Heart Rates (RHR)
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Your Pulse is the straightforward way of
measuring your heart rate.
You have found your pulse when you can feel a
small beat beneath your skin.
Each beat is caused by a contraction (squeezing
of your heart)
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Find your Pulse

• Press on your skin lightly
• anywhere there is a large artery present
• at the side of your neck
• on your wrist, just below the thumb

Use a watch or clock with a second hand to count
the number of beats you feel
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Count the beats
At the side of your neck or on your wrist, just
below the thumb
Start now
Start counting the beats when the countdown
starts.
Stop
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Pulse Rate
Usually your pulse is taken for a minute. When
you count for 6 seconds that gives you a 6 second
heart rate. What do you need to do to get your
heart rate for a minute?
6 x 10 60 seconds 60 seconds 1 minute
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RHR (Resting Heart Rate)
Resting heart rate (RHR) is a term used to
describe your heart rate when you are not
performing any activities.
What is your RHR?
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MHR (Maximum Heart Rate)
Maximum heart rate (MHR) is a term used to
describe the maximum heart rate that a person can
achieve during physical exertion.
This calculation is used most frequently to find
your maximum heart rate 220 your age
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What is your MHR?
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THR (Target Heart Rate)
Target heart rate (THR) is a guide that will help
show you how hard to exercise to improve your
health.
Athletes tend to exercise between 65 - 85 of
your maximum heart rate.
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Find your Target Heart Rate Zone
Your zone is between 65 and 85 of your maximum
heart rate.
65 THR zone is MHR x .65 _________ 85 THR
zone is MHR x .85 _________