PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF FITNESS
Physiological fitness can be defined as fitness relating to the physical aspects of the human body.
1. Heart Rate
- defined as the number of heart beats per minute (bpm)
- measuring HR may be done using the pulse located at several anatomical sites
- a method in determining intensity is through the computation of the target heart rate using
the Karvonen Equation
- Karvonen is a Finnish researcher who discovered that the heart rate (HR) during exercise
must be raised by at least 60% difference between resting heart rate (RHR) and
maximum heart rate (MHR) to gain cardiorespiratory fitness (Robbins, Powers and
Burgess, 2002)
- normal resting heart rate is 72 bpm
- resting rates of 50 to 85 bpm are common, and that people with regular physical activity
will have lower resting heart rates than people who do no regular physical activity
(Corbin, et. al., 2004)
FORMULA:
THR= MHR - RHR (intensity factor) + RHR
Physiological fitness can be defined as fitness relating to the physical aspects of the human body.
1. Heart Rate
- defined as the number of heart beats per minute (bpm)
- measuring HR may be done using the pulse located at several anatomical sites
- a method in determining intensity is through the computation of the target heart rate using
the Karvonen Equation
- Karvonen is a Finnish researcher who discovered that the heart rate (HR) during exercise
must be raised by at least 60% difference between resting heart rate (RHR) and
maximum heart rate (MHR) to gain cardiorespiratory fitness (Robbins, Powers and
Burgess, 2002)
- normal resting heart rate is 72 bpm
- resting rates of 50 to 85 bpm are common, and that people with regular physical activity
will have lower resting heart rates than people who do no regular physical activity
(Corbin, et. al., 2004)
FORMULA:
THR= MHR - RHR (intensity factor) + RHR
