What is a 'Heart Rate' and a 'Pulse Rate'?

To understand what a 'heart rate' and a 'pulse rate' is, you first need to understand what a 'pulse' is! The picture below will help you.

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The pulse rate or heart rate are the same thing. They are the number of times your heart beats in a given time, usually per minute. So, the faster your heart beats, the higher your heart or pulse rate is. When resting, a pulse or heart rate may be 70 beats per minute. This could rise to 130 beats per minute if you were exercising.

To find out more about how exercise affects your heart rate, move onto the last section in Isobel's Important Info!

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