How to Take Your Pulse | Bio Body NZ

Cardiio App — Pulse Measurement for the Bio Body Food Response Tool

This British Journal of Sports Medicine article reviews the use of the Cardiio app for heart rate measurement:

https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2017/02/17/review-cardiio-app-accurately-measure-heart-rate-rest-exercise-using-imaging-photoplethysmography/

How to Manually Check Your Pulse

These instructions are part of the Bio Body Biometric Pulse Test — a practical at-home tool included in your programme to help you understand how individual foods affect your body during the consolidation phase. If you don't already have a copy of the pulse test guide, you can download it HERE.

Taking your pulse gives you your resting heart rate — the number of times your heart beats in one minute. You can find your pulse on your wrist, neck, elbow, or even the top of your foot. The easiest place to check is your wrist or neck.

How to take your own pulse

You can find your pulse on your wrist, neck, elbow, or even the top of your foot. The easiest place is your wrist. Follow these steps:
  1. Turn one arm so your palm is facing up.
  2. Place the middle three fingers of your other hand in the upper groove of your upturned wrist, below where your thumb connects to your wrist.
  3. Press firmly. You should feel a subtle pulsing sensation. If you can’t feel anything, apply more pressure with the tips of your fingers.
  4. Count each pulse you feel for 60 seconds, using a timer on your phone.
  5. This number represents your heart rate per minute.

The steps to finding your pulse on your neck are slightly different:

  1. Place your index finger and middle finger on the side of your neck, in the groove under your jaw and next to your windpipe.
  2. Press firmly until you feel a pulse. If you can’t feel it, move your fingers slightly and increase pressure until you do.
  3. Count the pulses for 30 seconds using a clock or stopwatch.