Exercise Intensity and heart rate levels!

🏃‍♂️The type of exercise and the intensity of your sessions are most important when considering what you are aiming to achieve with your exercise. To cash in on the great health benefits on offer, and to keep a good balance, a good mix of all types is recommended, but if you are wanting to improve your cardiovascular fitness then it is globally recommended by health organizations that you train for a sustained period of time (anywhere between 15 – 90 minutes) at between 40% to 70% of your maximum heart rate. At this level, you should be achieving a comfortable level of breathlessness. To work out your estimated maximum heart rate, the easiest and most simple way is shown in the comments under this post.

🤓The reason why it is recommended to work at this level is because as with any muscle, when you condition your cardiovascular system through aerobic exertion (40 - 70%), it will help to improve your body's function, endurance and overall ability to cope with the demands of aerobic exercise and therefore the demands of everyday life. 40 – 70% of your maximum heart rate is the intensity that the majority of people (including those with some long term conditions) should be working at for the amazing health benefits that are gained when you exercise at this level.

Calculating 40 – 70% of your maximum heart rate:

220 – your age = Max Heart Rate

Max heart rate x 0.4 = 40% of your max heart rate

Max heart rate x 0.7 = 70% of your max heart rate

Click here for the Movement Medicine Heart Rate Calculator (coming soon)

As ever, if you ever need any assistance with your weekly health routine, give me a shout ✌️