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Revisiting heart rate target zones through the lens of wearable technology
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posted on 2019-08-21, 13:12 authored by Jennifer L Scheid, Emma O'DonnellExercise prescription is fundamental in creating exercise programs that help clients to achieve optimal fitness outcomes. The FITT-VP principal outlines guidelines for considering frequency, intensity, time, type, volume and progression when designing exercise programs. A popular way to monitor intensity is with heart rate. This article will review how heart rate can be used to monitor exercise intensity, explore the different heart rate zones that are promoted by fitness technology companies, and help fitness professionals to understand some of the limitations of technologies for measuring and monitoring heart rate.
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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ACSM's Health and Fitness JournalVolume
23Issue
3Pages
21 - 26Publisher
Lippincott, Williams & WilkinsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© American College of Sports MedicinePublisher statement
This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal, 23 (3), pp.21-26.Publication date
2019-05-01Copyright date
2019ISSN
1091-5397eISSN
1536-593XLanguage
- en
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