Originally Posted by
chasm54
Forget it. People differ enormously on this.
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The formulae are bunk. Your max HR is what it is. There's nothing you can do about it and no need to worry about it.
Yeah I'm with you. I made occasional glances at the HRM last night, but I was so immersed in the ride that the numbers meant very little to me.
I'm starting to think that there are effective ways to train that will produce significant improvement that don't involve obsessing with these kinds of numbers...at my level anyway. If I was competing with world class cyclists, it would be a different story. But I don't think that will be happening any time soon..