How to measure fitness level

BY:Steve Edwards

To measure your fitness, try checking the time it takes your heart rate to return to its resting value after strenuous exercise. After your cool-down, check your heart rate, and again after one minute. Your heart rate should fall by about 12 beats per minute. It should usually reach your normal daily activity rate in one to three minutes, the quicker the better. If it takes longer, you have room to improve. P.S. Click here for more free fitness and health tips.