Heart Health: What Is Target Heart Rate?

Exercise is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but how do you know if you are doing it properly in order to get the best result? In “Heart Health: What is Target Heart Rate?” Viviana Gebruers, a senior exercise physiologist at North Shore-LIJ’s Southside Hospital, explains warming up, cooling down and the formula for calculating your target heart rate.

Remember to discuss any new exercise program with your doctor.