How to measure heart rate

If you want to monitor wellness, your heart rate is probably one of the first measurements that pop into your head. Heart rate is a very effect measurement of our physical and emotional stress. Once you know your resting heart rate your heart rate monitor will show you when you get emotionally stressed as well as coach yourself to optimum exercise. When you measure your heart rate you can easily improve your level of fitness without pushing yourself too hard.
A friend of mine once told me that the person who gets the most out of a heart rate monitor is probably someone who is just starting to exercise. It is so easy to overdo it and you heart rate monitor will keep you from doing just that.

If you don’t have a heart rate monitor your body will give you an idea on how your doing. To get an optimum exercise use these rules of thumb:
If you can sing => your not working hard enough
If you can hold conversation but prefer not to => your on a good level
If you are too out of breath to talk => you need to slow down

Your target heart
To get a good workout it is commonly stated that you need a to keep you heart rate at around 60 to 80% of your maximum rate.

Your maximum heart rate (MHR) is calculated as 220 – your age

Your upper limit is calculated as 220 – your age * 0,8

Your lower limit is calculated as 220 – your age * 0,6

Your Resting Heart Rate:

Measure your resting heart rate after you wake up in the morning (before you even get out of bed).
By keeping track of your resting heart rate you will notice that as time goes, and as you become more fit, your resting heart rate will lower.

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