Garmin FR60 Owner's Manual page 21

The five commonly accepted heart
rate zones are numbered from 1 to
5 according to increasing intensity.
Generally, heart rate zones are
calculated based on percentages of
your maximum heart rate.
How Do Heart Rate Zones
Affect Your Fitness Goals?
Knowing your heart rate zones can
help you measure and improve
your fitness by understanding and
applying these principles:
• Your heart rate is a good measure
of exercise intensity.
• Training in certain heart rate
zones can help you improve
cardiovascular capacity and
strength.
• Knowing your heart rate
zones can prevent you from
overtraining and can decrease
your risk of injury.
You can set the low and high heart
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rate limits for each zone. If you
know your maximum heart rate,
you can use the table on
determine the best heart rate zone for
your fitness objectives.
If you do not know your maximum
heart rate, use one of the calculators
available on the Internet.
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