Heart Rate Zones

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Heart Rate Zones Calculation

Heart rate zones are segments in a workout session. They are based on the percentage brackets of the user’s maximum heart rate. [under 50%, 50-60%, 60-70%, 70-80%, 80-90%, above 90%]

The maximum heart rate for a person is calculated with a straightforward formula: 220 - age.

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Fallback Birth Date

Some providers may not share the user’s birth date, making it impossible for Vital to know the user’s age. To solve this, users can provide a Fallback Birth Date as an alternative option.

You can specify the Fallback Birth Date when:

• Creating a new user; or

• Patching an existing user

You will also get information about the source (by slug) and the last updated time of the Fallback Birth Date when getting an existing user.

Fallback Birth Date supplied via the REST API would always have a source slug of manual.

{
  "user_id": "409d9870-21fb-443a-8daa-c5222659f40e",
  "team_id": "3aac677c-557f-40b7-9251-0315c1f48e77",
  "client_user_id": "d734e32e-dd43-4b77-ab56-692524279531",
  /** snipped **/
  "fallback_birth_date": {
    "value": "1980-09-12",
    "source_slug": "manual",
    "updated_at": "2022-09-11T13:45:56+00:00"
  }
}