The Use of Heart Rate in the Prescription and Evaluation of Exercise Programs
Abstract
The direct measurement of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) during exercise to exhaustion provides a scientifically rigorous means of comparing the aerobic capacities of different individuals and of assessing the effects of endurance training on cardiorespiratory fitness. However, the complexity and expense of this approach has led to the development of simpler techniques designed to achieve the same ends. After a brief description of a maximal exercise test which can be used to compare the cardiorespiratory fitness of different individuals this paper will discuss in detail how to use the heart rate response to standardized exercise to monitor the effects of endurance training to the relative fitness of an individual.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 17, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA186454
Entities
People
- Reed W. Hoyt
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine