Originally Posted by
rm -rf
Dnvr, I know you
"detest tracking anything such as mileage, etc", but I can check this with my Garmin history that I save on my computer. I can just locate the peak heart rate on the graph, and then see the rate a minute later.
In the middle of a recent brisk group ride, I was at 159 bpm, then at 135 a minute later, after a long downhill. That's 24 bpm in a minute.
I would think the difference should be a percentage of the max, since there's such a big variation in maximum heart rates.
I do not believe one needs to be at max heart rate to have a valid test. A good exertion, as I understand it, will do. It is the difference that makes the difference, so to speak!!
Here are the rules:
"1. Accelerate your heartrate through running, biking, or other method to an anerobic level (a pace you can do for only 20-30 seconds... such as a full sprint)
2. Measure the heart rate with a monitor at the end of the sprint.
3. Recover for 60 seconds by walking or biking slowly (do not stop moving!)
4. Measure the heart rate after 60 seconds and subtract that number from the peak.
An anaerobic level would not have to be a max level.