Target Heart Rate and Cardio Monitoring for Safe Workouts

Maintaining a healthy resting heart rate is a key indicator of cardiovascular health, especially during high-intensity HIIT or IVF. Learn how to lower your heart rate while running and evaluate the accuracy of calories burned on heart rate monitors.

Max Heart Rate While Pregnant

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Chudney Smith

Maximum heart rate is the highest heart rate you reach during exercise. According to the Mayo Clinic, the maximum pregnancy heart rate recommended by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists was once 140 beats per minute. As of November 2010, however, ACOG does not outline specific heart-rate numbers.