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Heart-rate reserve

Heart-rate reserve is the gap between your resting heart rate and your maximum. Using it, rather than maximum alone, produces training zones that account for how fit you already are.

Example

With HRmax 190 and resting 60, the reserve is 130 bpm. Karvonen puts 70% intensity at 60 + 0.70 × 130 = 151 bpm.

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