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Agreed, 220-X(Years) is only a baseline estimate, with plenty of variance. My Cardiologist has cleared this 48 year old for a MAX HR of 220 as I sit! This is based on my stress test. That's the only really accurate measure of your MAX HR capability. To get a true estimate of your CV/pulmonary health, you need to be able to track O2 sat and have an EKG at varying levels of effort. If I run my HR up to 200 through exercise, I'm still maintaining an O2 Saturation of 90%, so my cardiologist is convinced I'm still reasonably safe to the theoretical MAX.
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