Originally Posted by
MinnMan
Some of this discussion is digressing from EL&G to T&F....
Yeah, that can happen as folks add their input. To me what some view as 'drifting' I look upon as 'depth of field' owing to the wide ranging experiences that bring us all here.
Originally Posted by
MinnMan
No 220-age is not a good metric. It may work for some, but I know many more for whom its far from accurate. I'm 64 and my MHR is 181 bpm. 10 years ago it was 184.
There was something mentioned (elsewhere?) here about 220 - RHR calculation, maybe age-factored? Don't recall just now, need to fire up the Wayback.
Those formulas are guides, not hard & fast rules, apply to some more than others. Commonality being that as we grow older our capacities for various activities, and the energy we can bring to them, begins to diminish.
"Do not go gentle into the night... Rage, rage against the dying of the light...." and all that.