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Determining Exercise Intensity

The purpose of this document is to show how to determine intensity using several modes of aerobic exercise. Exercise testing provides the information needed to determine exercise intensity based on metabolic equations.   The simplest way to do this is  providing the equations for  determining the  appropriate intensity to reach a desired target heart rate.   An individual who is apparently healthy and at an appropriate age, we may legally exercise test while not in the presence of a physician. Submaximal exercise testing with extrapolation of results may be used to provide results needed for determining exercise intensity. In certain subjects, it may be possible to maximally exercise test an individual to determine exercise intensity. No one over thirty-five years of age should be maximally exercise tested without a physician or medical professional present. An exercise test must reach ninety percent of age predicted maximum heart rate (APMHR)or a respiratory exchange ratio o