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Old 12-07-08, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by grolby
Oh, for crying out loud. 220 - age has absolutely ZERO basis in reality. It does not even make for a good estimate of your actual maximum heart rate. Your max heart rate could well be 195 BPM. You are correct that your LTHR will certainly be lower than that. For example, if your max HR is 195 BPM, your LTHR could be about 170 BPM.
oh ok. i saw 220 bpm on a climb once, but again i assumed my HR monitor screwed up. and 195 is what i got for my LTHR.
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