Originally Posted by
TMonk
Do you have a protocol for determining max HR? I would probably do something like ride pretty hard for a couple minutes, ride real hard for 60s, then sprint all out for another 15-20s. I've never tried to formally test max HR tho, so IDK.
My elliptical, winter training, has a program for HIIT called Sprint 8. Through doing that and researching HIIT, I have seen that I, and a lot of folks, cannot get to max HR without going through some cycles. That is, it takes me, and many folks, 4-5 intervals (with the rest period) before my max HR shows up. The suffering prior to this is joyful compared to when I reach this painful level.