Heart Rate and Carotid Pulse

1 Determine your heart rate by taking your radial pulse and then your carotid pulse.
What was your heart rate in each instance? For my radial pulse my heart rate was 72 and for my carotid pulse it was 76.
Explain which artery you found easier to use and why. I found the radial pulse easier as you could see it beat and I felt that made it easier to count.
2 Which two websites did you use to determine your target heart rate? http://www.active.com/fitness/calculators/heartrate# http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/healthy_living_tools_content.aspx?id=7 3 What was your target heart rate zone on each of these websites? Were the zones the same? 111-172 was one and the other website was 146-165 so they were similar just one has
4 Do you think the range for your target heart rate zones identified by these websites is reasonable? Why or why not? Yes I do feel they are reasonable as when I had taken my heart without having done any strenuous physical activities for a little bit it was around 72 and then when I calculated it with a 55% of my energy toward physical activity my heart rate went up but it didn’t go up to a crazy amount.
5 How does understanding your target heart rate zone help you improve your physical fitness? This helps tremendously as it shows you how far you can push your body and be able to maintain it and as the more you improve your heart rate it can allow you to push yourself body a little harder so you can burn more calories and fat.
Describe a physical activity you have done before when you have failed the talk test. What would you change about that activity in order to pass the talk test? The first time I failed the talk test was when my gym trainer made me keep the treadmill at 10 mph when it was turned off, To pass the talk test I could have slowed down a little or could have been in better shape before I tried to do something as physically rigorous.