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Heart Rate Question
If I jog for 20 minutes and I notice that my heart rate monitor says 161 bpm (about 80%) for a while and then I get tired and walk, lowering my heart rate to 130 (a little less than 50%), and then I kick it back into high gear and get back up to the upper 150s or 160s what is my overall heart rate? Do I average the high…
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How much cardio?
I've read that I should either be getting 2.5 hours/week of moderate aerobic exercise or 75 minutes/week of vigorous exercise. I know what my target heart rate range would be for those two categories, so my question is, what if I alternate? What if I exercise moderately some days and vigorously on others, what should my…
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Vigorous aerobic exercise
So, according to most web sites I've found, vigorous aerobic exercise is when your heart rate is between 70% and 85% of your Maximum Heart Rate (MHR). I have done all the calculations to figure that out and even have an app to help me with that. So, I warm up on the elliptical, stretch, then start a 20 minute preprogrammed…
