Heart Rate Recovery Calculator

Heart Rate Recovery Calculator

How quickly your heart rate drops after exercise is one of the simplest windows into cardiovascular fitness and autonomic health. Enter your peak heart rate and your heart rate one minute after stopping, and this calculator returns your heart rate recovery in beats per minute and the rating it falls in. Track it under the same conditions to see fitness improve as your recovery speeds up.

Heart rate recovery (HRR) is how far your pulse falls in the first minute after stopping hard exercise. A faster drop reflects stronger parasympathetic (vagal) reactivation and better cardiovascular fitness. As a rough guide, a fall of fewer than 12 bpm is considered poor and linked to higher health risk, while 25 bpm or more is excellent. Measure from a consistent intensity and recovery posture for it to be comparable over time.