Search the Internet for two online heart rate calculators. You can use the search term “heart rate calculator." Determine your
target heart rate zone, and then copy and paste these questions into a word processor. Using complete sentences, type in your answers below the questions. Determine your heart rate by taking your radial pulse and then your carotid pulse. What was your heart rate in each instance? Explain which artery you found easier to use and why. Which two websites did you use to determine your target heart rate? What was your target heart rate zone on each of these websites? Were the zones the same? Do you think the range for your target heart rate zones identified by these websites is reasonable? Why or why not? How does understanding your target heart rate zone help you improve your physical fitness? Describe a physical activity you have done before when you have failed the talk test. What would you change about that activity in order to pass the talk test?
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