Today's increasingly health conscious lifestyles drive more and more people to exercise. The right intensity of exercise is vital in staying healthy and achieving targest -- be healthier, burn fat, lose weight, build muscle, etc. To avoid doing too much or damaging your health, a heart rate monitor will help.

Exercising is directly related to your heart rate

Your heart rate is an accurate measurement of the intensity of your exercise. In order to achieve your fitness goal, you need to exercise within your target heart rate zone.

How to calculate target heart rate zone

1. Find out your resting heart rate: Simply take your pulse in the morning after you wake up and before you get out of bed

2. Calculate the maximum predicted heart rate = 220 - your age

Your target heart rate zone will be the figure between

1. Minimum heart rate: The maximum predicted heart rate x 65%

2. Maximum heart rate: The maximum predicted heart rate x 80%