Aspire recovery calculator
Heart-rate recovery.
Measure how far heart rate falls during the first minute after a standardised exercise effort.
Calculate the one-minute drop.
Record peak heart rate at exercise cessation and heart rate exactly one minute later.
One-minute recovery
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Email the result, protocol and limitations.
ASPIRE.
One-minute drop:
Why protocol matters
Walking, seated rest and supine rest do not produce interchangeable results. Compare retests only under the same conditions.
Public evidence
Cole et al. heart-rate recovery and mortality
Exercise ECG cohort study
Method and limitations.
The classic active-recovery threshold defined an abnormal response as a drop of 12 bpm or less after one minute.
This calculator does not diagnose cardiovascular disease or replace supervised exercise testing.