Healthy Living: The Key to LifeAsya A. HasanNorth Carolina A&T State University AbstractThe purpose of this article is to guide readers on what a healthy lifestyle can be for them once they start making the right choices.
Having a healthy lifestyle is not just about what you are eating, but it also includes what you are doing physically to change your body.Healthy Living: The Key to LifeChanging your lifestyle can be challenging, but doing so can have a great impact on your health for life. This paper is a guide on how monitoring your metabolic measurement and incorporating physical activity can immensely impact your health.Literature ReviewWhen it comes to a person’s heart rate, it can vary depending on their physical activity. In Athletes vs. Non-Athletes Heart Rate (2017), Robbins (2017) states that most people have a resting heart rate of around 60-100 beats per minute supposed to a very fit person whose heart rate can be as low as 40 beats per minute.
Not only can your resting heart rate vary by physical activity, but it also varies by gender. According to Resting Heart Rate and Fitness (2018) women tend to have smaller hearts and lower blood volume and hemoglobin which means that the heart needs to beat more frequently to nourish the tissues. In this article, it also states that the average resting heart changes throughout the lifespan, being much fasted in infants and slowing down into adulthood.You should take your resting heart rate first thing in the morning before doing any type of activity, eating, drinking, or smoking or this will cause it to rise. In order for your resting heart rate to show accurate results, you must be still and calm.
Do not take your pulse immediately if you were startled out of your sleep. If you are not able to take as soon as you wake, wait approximately one to two hours after having any caffeine or doing any physical activity. Knowing your maximum heart rate helps you identify a target range for your pulse during exercise. In the article Average Heart Rate for Athletes (2017), to calculate your maximum heart rate you subtract your age from 220. During exercise, your target heart rate ranges for 50%-85% of your maximum heart rate during exercise. According to the article, this way of calculating your maximum heart rate and target heart rate zones might be inaccurate for well-conditioned individuals or athletes.
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Resting Heart Rate and Fitness. https://www.verywellfit.
com/resting-heart-rate-3432632Murphy, P. (2017, September 11). Average Heart Rate for Athletes. https://www.livestrong.
com/article/411280-the-average-heart-rate-chart-for-athletes/Robbins, C. (2017, September 11). Athletes Vs. Non-Athletes Heart Rate.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/82658-athletes-vs.-nonathletes-heart-rate/
