How do I get accurate heart rate zones for exercise?

I am wanting to get accurate zones to work out in. I keep finding conflicting advice. Some get you to work out resting heart rate and calculate form there others get you to subtract your age from a number.

I get the zones (eg 60 - 80% for weight management 70 to 90% for cardio fitness etc.) I need to set my heart rate monitor to accurate readings before I know where I am at,

Anyone???

How do I get accurate heart rate zones for exercise?

The easiest and best known method to calculate your maximum heart rate (MHR) is to use the formula MHR=220 - Age. A paper by Londeree and Moeschberger (1982) from the University of Missouri-Columbia indicates that the MHR varies mostly with age, but the relationship is not a linear one. They suggest an alternative formula of MHR=206.3 - (0.711 鑴?Age). Similarly, Miller et al (1993) from Indiana University propose the formula MHR=217 - (0.85 鑴?Age) as a suitable formula to calculate MHR.

How do I get accurate heart rate zones for exercise?

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How do I get accurate heart rate zones for exercise?

The easiest way is to calculate by your heart rate, but the this is that is not accurate because it is based only in your age and not in your body. The cardio calculation is accurate , but the problem is that is difficult to remmember because it is based ina statistical table.