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Originally Posted by SalsaPodio
Got my Edge 500 in the mail last night, so I took it for a quick 30 min ride before I had some other stuff to do.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/42930776

Any reccomendations for figuring out a max heart rate so I can get a good idea of my zones?
Don't worry about your max HR, do an LTHR test, calculate your zones off that, and enter them in manually.

Originally Posted by brandonobrien
I'm not sure how to find max heart rate, but an average heart rate of 185 seems rather high to me
Originally Posted by SalsaPodio
Thats kind of what I was thinking, and I wasn't really pushing myself too hard. I mean, it wasn't easy, but I wasn't killing myself.
Some people just have a higher HR. I wouldn't worry about it. Wear the strap around for a day and get an idea of what your HR is at rest, and at various effort levels.
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