Beats per Minute (BPM) is how many times your heart beats within a minute. It is a key method of measuring how hard you are working. Sportspeople use BPM to monitor their effort and ensure their heart is performing well.
Through its varying rates of training from rest to intense exercise, BPM indicates different training levels from rest through high intensity. Low resting BPM indicates aerobic fitness, and monitoring BPM in training allows for the avoidance of overtraining or undertraining. BPM is also a common abbreviation for Blood Pressure Monitor. With heart rate monitors and wearables, checking BPM is quick and simple. Training in particular BPM zones allows athletes to focus on endurance, fat burn, or lactate threshold with greater accuracy.
