Calculate your target heart rate to achieve your fitness goals. Many exercise equipment such as treadmills, bicycles and elliptical machines have heart monitors to help you stay within your targeted heart rate.

A normal adults resting heart rate will beat between 60-100 beats per min (bpm). For a well trained athlete, a resting heart rate will beat as low as 40-60 beats per min (bpm).

Target Heart Rate (THR)
  Exercise at an intensity that will keep your heart rate within this range to best meet your fitness goal.

Max Heart Rate (MHR)
  Based on your age, this is your maximum heart rate. Even during high intensity exercise you should not let   your heart rate go above this number.