Six factors that can influence your heart rate

Dayton Daily News;  November 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......you have learned, calculating your heart rate by counting beats per minute is...elevating both blood pressure and heart rate. Fad dieting or adjusting your diet too quickly can also affect heart rate. Carbohydrates are an especially...

MONITOR HEART RATE FOR EFFECTIVE WORKOUT.(LIVING)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  February 26, 1997 ;     530 words ...Byline: Mindy Piles DEAR MINDY: What is the best heart rate to work at during aerobic activities and is...monitor? DEAR READER: There is no single best heart rate. Instead, a range of heart rate values is recommended to accommodate different...

What you should know about your heart rate

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 23, 1986 ;     700+ words ...Your heart rate is a good indicator of your state of health. If your resting heart rate is too fast, it can indicate a significant risk...heart disease and a need for a pacemaker. Your heart rate is also a guide to your level of physical fitness...

Heart rate monitors becoming popular.(Health & Fitness)(Fitness focus)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 9, 2004 ;     521 words ......Nicki Anderson Q. What do you think of heart rate monitors? My trainer told me I should get one and I'm not sure of its value. A. A heart rate monitor ranks right up there with a treadmill...your health. Once used only by athletes, heart rate monitors have become commonplace in ...

How to measure your heart rate.(THE REDBOOK REAL-LIFE HEALTHY LIFE...

Redbook;  March 1, 2006 ;     156 words ......working as hard as you can? Track your heart rate. says Michaels. It'll tell you whether...To lose or maintain weight, your heart rate should be between 60 percent and 90 percent of your maximum heart rate, according to the National Institutes...

Heart-rate monitors can be an effective addition to your exercise routine

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  June 26, 2007 ;     508 words ......specifically treadmill to terrain, I've had many people ask about appropriate heart rate and the value of investing in a heart rate monitor. In my opinion, purchasing a heart rate monitor is a great fitness tool for all fitness levels. Initially, heart...

BODYWORKS; Getting to the Heart of Your Fitness; Heart Rate Monitors, Once...

The Washington Post;  November 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ......everyone in the fitness business agrees that heart rate monitors are one of today's hottest devices...these monitors continuously assess the heart rate, enabling exercisers to ensure that they'...the results they want." Tuning into the heart rate gives an exerciser a specific, ...

Heart rate ABCs

Better Nutrition;  August 1, 2002 ;     419 words ......monitor how fast your heart is beating is a heart rate monitor, which usually consists of a...adhere to an exercise program based on heart rate by giving you immediate, continuous and...exercise for aerobic fitness (a target heart rate of 50 to 90 percent of maximum; see chart...

Heart rate monitor can aid your effort

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 17, 1997 ;     628 words ...In the scheme of things, a heart rate monitor is not going to make or break...worthy of consideration, including heart rate monitors, which have come down in price over the past several years. Most heart rate monitors work by attaching an adjustable...

Health Business: Your fitness target heart rate

New Pittsburgh Courier;  January 27, 1999 ;     496 words ...Health Business: Your fitness target heart rate In order to reap the rewards of an exercise...you must know several things about your heart rate--resting, maximum and target rate ranges...to know how to calculate your target heart rate range in order to determine if you are...

Hypnotizability-dependent modulation of the changes in heart rate control...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Hypnotizability-dependent modulation of the changes in heart rate control induced by upright stance. Brain...examine an advanced hypothesis regarding heart rate variability/cardiac vagal tone and hypnosis...a small summary of the importance of heart rate variability to hypnosis. The ...

Relative risk forests for exercise heart rate recovery as a predictor of...

Journal of the American Statistical Association;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......exercise testing, exercise capacity, heart rate changes, and changes on the electrocardiogram...and Gibbons 2001). During exercise, the heart rate rises due to regulatory effects of the...Sympathetic function results in increased heart rate and blood pressure; parasympathetic ...

Heart rate is key to losing weight

News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  August 21, 2006 ;     508 words ...Heart rate is widely accepted as a good method of...activities. Exercise that doesn't raise your heart rate to a certain level and keep it there for...significantly to cardiovascular fitness. The heart rate you should maintain is called your target...

Measuring Your Heart Rate

News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  May 2, 2005 ;     541 words ...Heart rate is widely accepted as a good method of...activities. Exercise that doesn't raise your heart rate to a certain level and keep it there for...significantly to cardiovascular fitness. The heart rate you should maintain is called your target...

Heart rate: A measure for success

News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  December 19, 2005 ;     528 words ...Heart rate is widely accepted as a good method of...activities. Exercise that doesn't raise your heart rate to a certain level and keep it there for...significantly to cardiovascular fitness. The heart rate you should maintain is called your target...