If you're the type of person who frequently checks your heart rate during exercise to ensure you're in the fat-burning zone, you should stop. In reality, there's no specific fat-burning zone that's the key to achieving a beautiful, balanced body.

Depending on age, children can have a pulse rate of 43 to 180 beats per minute. Newborns have the highest pulse rate and it slows down as they get older. Knowing what a normal heart rate is and how to check your child's heart rate can help you avoid unnecessary anxiety about your child's heart rate. So what is the normal heart rate for a child after exercise?