Do You Have a Maximum Heart Rate?
Does your heart rate have an upper limit and could you ever reach it? Hosted by: Michael Aranda Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ----------...
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[ ♪ Intro ] You might have thought during an intense workout that your heart couldn’t possibly beat any faster. I mean, you were going all out. But you probably didn’t reach your maximum heart rate: the fastest you can make your heart go, unless you really overexerted. And even then, technically your heart probably could beat faster, you just wouldn’t want it to. While you’re exercising muscles need more oxygen so they can keep up with their energy demands. They can get that oxygen if your heart either pumps more blood, or pumps more often, which is why your heart rate jumps as you work out. But no matter how hard you push things, you’ll eventually hit an upper limit based on the physics of your heart. Before you start, your heart beats just a litt...
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[ ♪ Intro ] You might have thought during an intense workout that your heart couldn’t possibly beat any faster. I mean, you were going all out. But you probably didn’t reach your maximum heart rate: the fastest you can make your heart go, unless you really overexerted. And even then, technically your heart probably could beat faster, you just wouldn’t want it to. While you’re exercising muscles need more oxygen so they can keep up with their energy demands. They can get that oxygen if your heart either pumps more blood, or pumps more often, which is why your heart rate jumps as you work out. But no matter how hard you push things, you’ll eventually hit an upper limit based on the physics of your heart. Before you start, your heart beats just a litt...
