According to the American Heart Association, the health benefits of regular cardio exercise include lower risk of heart disease, stroke, Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, dementia, Alzheimer’s and several types of cancers.
Why It’s Important To Know Your Resting Heart Rate
Your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) is the baseline from which you’ll determine how hard your heart is working during cardio exercise and whether you’re within a safe exercise zone. Learning how to take your pulse to measure your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) is very easy.
What is A Resting Heart Rate
Your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) is the number of times your heart beats per minute when you’re at rest. A good time to check your RHR is in the morning before you get out of bed.
How To Check Your Resting Heart Rate
Have the palm of one hand face upward. Take your other hand and place three middle fingers on your wrist on the inside groove below the base of the thumb. Press lightly to feel the pulse under your fingers.
Using the second hand on a watch or clock, count the number of times your heart beats in 30 seconds. Multiply the number of beats by 2. For example, if your heart beats 40 times in 30 seconds, multiplied by 2 will equal 80 beats per minute (bpm). 80 bpm is your Resting Heart Rate (RHR).
According to the American Heart Association a normal Resting Heart Rate for most adults is between 60 to 100 beats per minute.
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