Cardio Fitness Score Men
This limits a woman s cardiovascular fitness.
Cardio fitness score men. Also wear your tracker or watch to sleep for a better resting heart rate estimate. Your cardio fitness score is determined by your resting heart rate age gender weight and other personal information. Your cardio fitness scoreâ is determined by your resting heart rate age gender weight and other personal information for best results make sure your weight is correct in your fitbit profile. A review of 33 studies found that improving your cardio fitness by just 3 5 points about equal to improving from good to excellent on the chart will lower your risk of premature death.
And of course a fitness age of 43 conveys a different message whether the actual age of this woman is 25 or 60. Researchers have found that healthy middle aged men with high cardiorespiratory fitness scores tend to have lower amounts of visceral fat a type of fat found deep within the abdomen that s associated with health conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes regardless of their bmi. Even at the same bmi men with high cardiorespiratory. This test is designed to give you an idea of your cardiovascular fitness.
Score of your vo2 max can also give you an idea of how you compare to your population. Please pay particular attention to the right hand column of values. It ll be interesting to see if my cardio fitness score changes and how it will compare to the score the fenix assigns me. Women are not able to achieve as high a heart rate as a man.
Improving your cardio fitness may be the most efficient way to improve your overall health. For best results make sure your weight is correct in your fitbit profile. The department of health and human services recommends these exercise guidelines. For example if a woman s vo2max is 35 ml kg min her fitness age is 43 years because an average 43 year old woman has a vo2max of 35 ml kg min.
The results of your fitness assessment can help you set goals for staying active and improving fitness outcomes. Stay tuned for those results but to answer the original question yes your resting heart rate is a very good indicator of your overall health not just your cardio fitness score. Get at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week or a combination of moderate and vigorous. How does fitbit measure my cardio fitness score.
Average values with ratings for men and women are in these charts. Also wear your tracker or watch to sleep for a better resting heart rate estimate. According to a study published in circulation in june 2010 the current age predicted maximum heart rate equation overestimates a woman s heart rate when testing the heart rate response of 5 437 women 3 4 a lower maximum heart rate means a lower level of cardiovascular. Fitbit can calculate your cardio fitness score in two ways.
Men 40 50 yrs women 18 22 yrs women 40 50 yrs untrained 43 36 38 27 active 50 46.