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Optimize Your Heart Rate

Depending on your age, level of conditioning, and your fitness goals, you should train in a particular heart-rate zone. Beginners should try to elevate their heart rate to 50%-60% of their maximum while intermediates and advanced should shoot for 70%-85% of their max. The higher your heart rate, the more calories you will burn and the more fit you can become.

To figure your maximum heart rate, simply subtract your age from 220. For example, if you're 30 years old, you would have a maximum heart rate of 190. To work at 70% of your maximum heart rate, you would shoot for a heart rate of approximately 133 beats per minute (0.7 x 190). You can also count bpm (beats per minute) in 10-second increments and then multiply by six.

 

Brotman Medical Center

3828 Delmas Terrace 
Culver City, CA 90232
310-836-7000
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Behavioral Health Services

Brotman Medical Center's Behavioral Health Unit provides psychiatric care for adults in a comfortable and confidential environment. Treatment is individualized to meet each patient's unique needs on three separate units. We treat a wide range of psychiatric illnesses including: psychotic disorders, mood disorders, and substance-related disorders. The interdisciplinary team is composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, group therapists, nursing staff and psychiatric rehabilitation therapists. Together they design an individualized treatment plan, provide group therapy and therapeutic activities seven days per week in a supportive environment.

The Behavioral Health Unit offers a specialized treatment program with two separate tracts. Groups, such as reality orientation, creative therapy, anger management, stress management and coping skills, increase esteem and emotional expression and provide useful tools for living with a mental illness. In addition, our dual diagnosis tract focuses on the double challenge of having both a psychiatric illness and a chemical dependency. It provides groups that address the unique issues relevant to these patients.

Our staff will be happy to answer any questions you have regarding the Behavioral Health Unit and our programs and services. Please contact us at (310) 836-7000 ext. 6600.