Originally Posted by OB1
I hear a lot about max heart rate. In running, I'm able to get an indication of max heart rate after warming up for 10-20min then doing a few 400M intervals. My max heart rate is 193bpm in running.
Riding is another story. I'm only able to push a max heart rate of 185bpm and this is after a lot of hard riding.
Do I use 185 or 193 as a measure of my true max heart rate?
Use your riding max heart rate for riding training. Almost everyone has a higher max heart rate in running than cycling. Those 400 intervals do it don't they? I used to regulary get my HR over 200 after about the 4th interval with only 60 minute rests between.