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Beginner Heart-Rate Note (220 bpm – 192 bpm)
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A handwritten note in the source accompanying the ACSM recommendations table reading "beginner must be between 220 bpm – 192 bpm" — carried forward verbatim despite its apparent oddity.
Detail
A handwritten annotation appears at the bottom of the ACSM "Exercise Recommendations for Healthy Adults" table page. It reads, verbatim:
"beginner must be between 220 bpm – 192 bpm"
The note sits alongside the table's intensity guidance (55/65–90% of maximum heart rate; Max HR = 220 − Age). No further explanation of the figures is given in the source.
Key facts
- Verbatim handwritten note: "beginner must be between 220 bpm – 192 bpm".
- Appears on the ACSM recommendations table page (page 56).
- Carried forward as-is; not reconciled with the percentage-of-HRmax guidance on the same page.
Connections
- target-heart-rate — the intensity-zone concept this note appears to gloss.
- hrmax-calculation — Max HR = 220 − Age, the formula on the same page.
- acsm-exercise-recommendations — the table this note annotates.
SourceReference manual
p.56
Handwritten marginal note on the ACSM (1998) recommendations table page.
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