Wednesday, July 21, 2010

New Way for Women to Calculate an Easier Maximum Heart Rate

Women, do you feel like you are pushing yourself to exhaustion when trying to reach your maximum heart rate during a workout? Do you feel like you have pushed yourself past the point of a challenging workout and into the point of it being completely uncomfortable and painful? No worries, new research brings hope to help you push yourself to a comfortable level when trying to reach your maximum heart rate. 


Dr. Martha Gulati from Northwestern University conducted a study that shows that the old-fashioned way women are supposed to calculate their maximum heart rate is wrong (220-age).The new way reduces the maximum heart rate by almost 8 beat per minute. 


To check out the full article and get details on a new way to calculate your maximum heart rate go here

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