body fitness

                      BODY FITNESS

      The modern fitness era has brought a host of wearable technologies that can track extraordinary amounts of biological and physiological data. Perhaps the most commonly measured variable we see today is one’s heart rate.

     The modern fitness era has brought a host of wearable technologies that can track extraordinary amounts of biological and physiological data. Perhaps the most commonly measured variable we see today is one’s heart rate.

    This is certainly nothing new, as brands like Polar and Garmin have been around for decades providing wearable chest straps and watches for their users. We have always taken two fingers to locate our carotid (our neck) or radial (our wrist) pulses with ease.

   Today, nearly everybody wears some Apple watch or Fitbit around their wrist to track changes in their pulse whether they are working out, sitting at their desk, or just asleep

 Heart Rate Affects Health and Performance

Understanding one’s heart rate can be rather useful, both from a health and performance standpoint.

    

       Resting heart rate can provide medical professionals insight into one’s health status for age and gender.

In contrast, increases or decreases in exercise response provide fitness professionals feedback on one’s general fitness levels.

      Furthermore, we can use heart rate to set training zones and prescribe programs for increased aerobic fitness.

Perhaps the most difficult part of the entire equation is understanding the maximum heart rate (MHR).