Steps to Calculate Your
Moderate Intensity Exercise Zone
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Calculate your resting heart rate (RHR)
Sit quietly in a chair for
3–5 minutes and count
your pulse for 1 minute.
This is your RHR.
Find your max
heat rate
Subtract your age
from 220. Memorize that number, but don't forget it'll change next year.
Calculate your heart rate reserve (HRR)
Subtract your resting heart rate (step 1)
from your max heart
rate (step 2).
Determine the bounds for your moderate intensity exercise zone
Plug the numbers you just calculated
into the following formulas:
moderate intensity exercise zone
Beginning
of your
moderate intensity exercise zone
of your
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