ryanparrish

Hello,

I am going to start training with HR. I am not new to cycling or the methods of it I am semi seasoned. I am new to HR so I was thinking about training with HR this summer to get the most bang for my buck lose more weight get in awesome shape etc.

My resting heart rate is about 70 bpm (the finger test on the carotid artery)

I was going to use Sally Edwards formula for testing HR Max

210 - 1/2 your age - 1% of total body weight (in pounds) + 4 = HRmax

210- 10- 2+ 4 = 194

Then for my target heart rate I was going to use the Karvonen method

THR = ((HRmax – HRrest) × %Intensity) + HRrest

THR = ((192-70) * .7) + 70
THR = (122 * .7) + 70
THR = 85*70
THR = 155

I am going to need to get my heart rate at 155 for 30 minutes in order to be good for me

am I correct on this or horribley lost

Carbonfiberboy 

There's a "Is this book good for a newbie to training?" thread on here. Get the Friel book. Find tables 4.7 and 4.8. Get your lactate threshold heart rate (LTHR) either by following the 2X20 method in the sticky thread on here, or by warming up for 1/2 hour, then riding either on the flat or on the trainer for 10 minutes all-out and taking your average HR for that 10 minutes. Then you can figure your training zones from that LTHR.

None of the methods of calculating "target heart rate", none of the online calculators - none - will give you a meaningful result. Every body is different. You have to test yourself.

Don't test yourself with the finger on the artery thing. Buy a heart rate monitor (HRM). You can't be messing around with your neck while you're riding all out in a tuck. Doesn't work. Plus you can't get average HR, etc. The cheapest Polar HRM will be all you'll need. Cost is only about one tire.

derath

210- 10- 2+ 4 = 194

Am I missing something?

210-10=200
200-2=198
198+4=202

-D

ryanparrish

I do not live on the west coast. I was posting at 12 o clock so my math was kind off you can say. I was talking to a friend that was doing HR training. I wanted to give it a try so I kinda messed around with it last night till I can get a HR monitor I was thinking the Polar FS1

Carbonfiberboy 

Yep, FS1 is a good choice. Seems to be the cheapest one they make now. I find the beeping when out of zone irritating, but you can probably turn it off.