Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician, Dr Prince Pambo, has advised Ghanaians to treat exercise like prescribed medicine by paying close attention to heart rate limits and listening to their bodies to avoid health risks during physical activity. “We use the heart rate during exercises or during any physical activity to determine whether you are exercising within what is age-appropriate. We call exercise medicine,” he said. He outlined a simple method for calculating a safe maximum heart rate, noting that individuals should subtract their age from 220. He shared a personal experience to illustrate the point, saying his smartwatch once alerted him that he had exceeded his recommended heart rate and needed to slow down.