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Functional Capacity Heart Rate Reserve (HRR)

Heart rate is commonly used to prescribe aerobic exercise intensity due to its close relationship with oxygen consumption between 50-90% of VO2max. The most accurate way to regulate intensity using heart rate is to determine the heart rate associated with a desired percentage of VO2max or lactate threshold, which requires laboratory testing. If laboratory testing is not available, age-predicted maximum heart rate can be used to determine exercise intensity ranges, but this may not be as accurate as an actual maximum heart rate and does not provide information about lactate threshold intensity.

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Functional Capacity Heart Rate Reserve (HRR)

Heart rate is commonly used to prescribe aerobic exercise intensity due to its close relationship with oxygen consumption between 50-90% of VO2max. The most accurate way to regulate intensity using heart rate is to determine the heart rate associated with a desired percentage of VO2max or lactate threshold, which requires laboratory testing. If laboratory testing is not available, age-predicted maximum heart rate can be used to determine exercise intensity ranges, but this may not be as accurate as an actual maximum heart rate and does not provide information about lactate threshold intensity.

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Heart Rate

Heart rate is likely the most frequently used method


for prescribing aerobic exercise intensity. The reason
is the close relationship between heart rate and oxygen
consumption, especially when the intensity is between
50% and 90% of functional capacity (VO2max), also
called heart rate reserve (HRR), which is the difference
between an athlete’s maximal heart rate and his
or her resting heart rate (5).The most accurate means
of regulating intensity using this method is to determine
the specific heart rate associated with the desired
percentage of VO2max or the heart rate associated with
the lactate threshold. For the greatest precision, this
necessitates laboratory testing to identify these exercise
intensities. If laboratory testing is unavailable, then the
individual’s age-predicted (estimated) maximal heart
rate (APMHR) can be used as the basis for determining
exercise intensity. Refer to the sidebar “Target Heart Rate
Calculations” for formulas and sample calculations for
determining aerobic endurance exercise heart rate ranges
using the Karvonen method and the percentage of
maximal heart rate (MHR) method. The relationship
between VO2max, HRR, and MHR is shown in table
20.1.

Although the Karvonen and percentage of maximal


heart rate formulas provide practical intensity assignments,
basing them on age-predicted maximal heart
rates may entail some inaccuracies (vs. laboratory-tested
maximal heart rates) when exercise intensity is being
monitored during cycling or running (65). It has been
determined that age contributes 75% of the variability
of heart rate; the effects of other factors such as mode
of exercise and fitness level must also be considered
with the use of heart rate to monitor intensity (65).
Additionally, using estimations of exercise intensity
via estimated maximal heart rate equations provides no
information about the intensity associated with the lactate
threshold. Without some knowledge of an athlete’s
lactate threshold, a highly effective aerobic endurance
training program cannot be developed.

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