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We May Not Be Exercising Enough

We May Not Be Exercising Enough

The World Health Organization recommends 150 to 300 minutes of moderate to heavy exercise per week, which many of us are not doing as we overestimate our activity levels.

A vigorous exercise, where our heart rate reserve is more than 60 percent cannot be the same for every person, as one first needs to calculate their resting heart rate as well as the estimated maximum heart rate.

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Calculating Your Heart Rate: Normal And Maximum

  • A healthy resting heart rate is usually in the range of 60 to 100 beats per minute (bpm) for an average adult.a
  • The estimated maximum heart rate can be calculated by subtracting your age from the number 220. So if you are 4o years old right now, yo...

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Steps Per Minute

If the heart rate calculation sounds complicated, one can try a simple tracking method: The number of steps we take per minute.

To attain an intensive workout level, one has to keep the steps per minute above 100. This means that an average of 30 minutes activity per day is only effective ...

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Calculating Your Heart Rate: Normal And Maximum

  • A healthy resting heart rate is usually in the range of 60 to 100 beats per minute (bpm) for an average adult.a
  • The estimated maximum heart rate can be calculated by subtracting your age from the number 220. So if you are 4o years old right now, yo...

Exercise: What To Aim For

Research has shown that even a few minutes of exercise leads to benefits.**It’s all about increasing the intensity.**

The ideal exercise for adults are :

  • 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise a week, suc...

6. Be active

6. Be active

Photo: WHO/Y. Shimizu

Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. This includes exercise and activities undertaken while working, playing, carrying out household chores, travelling, and ...

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