Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and Performance 9th Edition by Scott Powers, Edward Howley

Exercise 6

For a person with a maximal heart rate of 180 b · min^-1 and a resting heart rate of 70 b · min^-1, calculate a target heart rate range by the Karvonen method and the percent of maximal HR method.

Step 1 of 3

According to the Karnovenon formula, target heart rate can be calculated as follow:

• Resting heart rate (HR) is subtracted from maximal HR to obtain HR reserve (HRR)

• 60% and 80% of HRR is calculated

• Both these HRR values are added to resting HR to obtain the target heart rate (THR)