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Old 10-29-09, 09:46 PM
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+1 for all of the above. I'm 38, and my MHR *should* be 182 by that calculation. It turns out that that's in fact pretty close to my lactate threshold HR. The MHR I've actually seen on a stupidly steep climb was 201. Ignore the MHR calculator and measure your LTHR for more informed training.
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