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Can you do a heart rate by feeling the heart?

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no, you can test and measure your heart rate by putting your fore finger and middle finger on the opposite wrist... you must find a point on the wrist where you feeling a beating rythem. now you count how many times it beats in one minute. or you can just do a simple sum.... 220- your age.

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