Find your heart rate recovery score - how quickly your heart rate drops after exercise, a useful marker of cardiovascular fitness.
Heart rate recovery (HRR) measures how many beats per minute your heart rate drops in the first minute after you stop intense exercise. A faster drop generally reflects better cardiovascular fitness and autonomic nervous system function.
Heart Rate Recovery = Peak Heart Rate - Heart Rate One Minute After Stopping
A peak heart rate of 165 bpm dropping to 135 bpm one minute later is a recovery of 30 bpm - generally considered excellent.
This is a general fitness indicator, not a medical diagnosis. If you notice unusual results, consult a healthcare professional.
It's how quickly your heart rate drops after stopping intense exercise, commonly measured as the decrease in beats per minute one minute after stopping.
Heart rate recovery = peak exercise heart rate − heart rate measured 1 minute (or another set interval) after stopping.
Faster recovery generally indicates better cardiovascular fitness, while notably slow recovery has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk in some research, though it shouldn't replace medical evaluation.