Elena Sabol 11/2/13 The Significance of Monitoring Hear Rate The opportune time to check resting heart rate

is as soon as you wake up in the morning !ll you simply must "o is place your in"e# finger on either the ra"ial artery on your wrist or your caroti" artery in your neck an" count the beats for 1$ secon"s an" then multiply by si# %t is important to be aware of your resting hear rate because it can "etermine how healthy your heart is The stronger your heart is the less it has to work an" therefore your resting heart rate is lower %n most cases& athletes ha'e low resting heart rates while the a'erage person has a resting heart rate between ($)*$ bpm %f your resting heart rate is too high& that in"icates signs of illness Measuring resting heart rate is a goo" way to check if you are healthy +hen e#ercising& intensity an" heart rate are proportionate& howe'er car"iac "rift may occur ,ar"io'ascular "rift occurs when someone-s hear rate increases o'er a perio" of en"urance training but the intensity "oes not change %t can be cause" by an increase in core temperature or lack of hy"ration That is why heart monitors cause somewhat of a "isa"'antage because if car"iac "rift occurs& the heart rate may reflect the intensity of the workout inaccurately. it may seem greater than it really was % belie'e measuring intensity with heart rate is helpful in showing an appro#imate estimation of how har" you worke" out /sing heart rate to prescribe work 0ones is useful for not only athletes but also for the a'erage person %t gi'es you something to compare an" the ma#imum heart rate pro'i"es a goal Howe'er& it is important to be aware that things such as car"iac "rift may occur an" heart rate is "ifferent for each

person %f you are training for an e#treme sport or competition& % think it woul" be best to use heart rate as well as other means of measuring intensity for comparison 1ut& for the a'erage person& measuring heart rate to "etermine intensity is appropriate because it-s easy to use an" rea"ily a'ailable to anyone