Article: Using target heart-rate zones in your class: it's never too early to teach fitness concepts, but when to teach what is a bit more complicated.

Should I teach the calculation of target heart rate to my students? And when is it appropriate to engage students in the attainment of these heart rates during physical education class activities? The answers to these questions are not easy. One might be tempted to state a simple yes or no and to identify a specific age to begin using training heart-rate zones for exercise. To compound these issues, we now have a new formula to calculate heart rate max (HR max), and this new formula affects the calculation of training heart rates (Tanaka, Monahan, & Seals, 2000). The purpose of this article is to review current activity guidelines for children, provide basic information as ...

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