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Lecture Notes

Because using your heart rate to gauge intensity is one of the most common ways to gauge intensity of a cardiorespiratory exercise program, you should know how to calculate your target heart rate for exercising at a particular percentage of either your maximal or your heart rate reserve. And so we won't discuss this a whole lot here, but make sure you look at page 68 in your textbook, and know how to calculate a target heart rate based on a maximal and resting heart rate.