Originally Posted by
permanentjaun
So then the actual goal is to not have a high max HR in the sense that we want to keep it around or below 200. At that point we want to focus the training on increasing the ability to pump more blood per beat. Can our training focus on improving the blood flow per beat versus max HR?
Training mainly increases your stroke volume, as suggested above your max HR is not easily changed...but if you increase your SV your CO is that much higher at a given HR.