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Heart Rate Recovery Test
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Last discussed Sep 17, 2026
A cardiovascular fitness assessment where heart rate is measured immediately after maximal exercise and again at 1, 2, and 3 minutes post-exercise to evaluate the rate of recovery, which reflects cardiovascular and autonomic fitness.
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Essentials: How to Assess & Improve All Aspects of Your Fitness | Dr. Andy Galpin
Andy Galpin. · Sep 17, 2026
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Used for: Assessing anaerobic and cardiovascular capacity by measuring heart rate drop at 1 minute (30 bpm), 2 minutes (60 bpm), and 3 minutes post-maximal exercise
Praised: Better metric than max heart rate alone, specific benchmarks at multiple time...
vs: Positioned as superior to simply measuring maximum heart rate or using the 22...
"Your heart rate recovery is the better metric. I want you to get up to a maximum heart rate and then test your heart rate recovery. Within 60 seconds, you should have — at half a beat per second — a heart rate recovery of 30 beats per minute. With..."
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