Target heart rate

Definition

Target heart rate is the optimal heart rate range during exercise to effectively improve cardiovascular fitness, calculated as a percentage of your maximum heart rate. This rate ensures you are exercising at a level that stimulates the heart and circulatory system without overexertion.

Related terms

Maximum Heart Rate: The highest number of beats per minute your heart can safely reach during maximum physical exertion.

Cardiovascular Fitness: The ability of the heart, blood cells, and lungs to supply oxygen-rich blood to working muscle tissues and the ability of these muscles to use oxygen to produce energy for movement.

Aerobic Exercise: Physical activity that improves endurance by promoting increased oxygen consumption by the body