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09-20-23, 08:30 AM
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Really? How do you do it? I figured an accurate reading required stuff that was beyond what most of us had readily available with finger pricks and all that.
I think I know what it feels like and in the past have just siad it was where I could carry on a slightly breathless conversation or sing a line, but never tried to use that to assign a number.
I think I know what it feels like and in the past have just siad it was where I could carry on a slightly breathless conversation or sing a line, but never tried to use that to assign a number.
https://www.trainingpeaks.com/learn/...setting-zones/
This is for setting up both power and HR zones, so make sure you read the one for cycling HR LTHR.
If one doesn't have a known heart condition, then I really fail to understand the fear of trying to get ones HR to max. Your body isn't going to let you ruin your heart through exertion. Might let you eat too much.
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09-20-23, 10:33 AM
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For those who hesitate to push to max hr to find it... I'd suggest that one could start with the formula and then fudge the settings to get reasonably accurate results by playing with the max hr number until they got % in zones that matched their actual efforts. If you are showing time in the red zone and know you weren't in the red you can assume that your max hr should be set higher. If the opposite is true it should be lower.
I think you could zero in way better than what any of the formulas do.
OTOH, you could just test for max hr
I think you could zero in way better than what any of the formulas do.
OTOH, you could just test for max hr
11-16-23, 02:14 PM
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I've been using a chest strap HRM since around 2004. I trained and raced in 08-09 with the understanding my max HR was 174. Two years ago, at the age of 55, I started to see 182. I may be wrong, but I chock it up to the thousands of miles of low intensity touring I did from 2016 to 2019.
11-16-23, 07:19 PM
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I've been using a chest strap HRM since around 2004. I trained and raced in 08-09 with the understanding my max HR was 174. Two years ago, at the age of 55, I started to see 182. I may be wrong, but I chock it up to the thousands of miles of low intensity touring I did from 2016 to 2019.
11-16-23, 07:35 PM
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Well, measuring true 'max HR' isn't easy, there are lots of uncontrolled variables cloud the test. Training or exercise might allow one to get closer to true 'max HR'.
11-17-23, 03:43 AM
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I disagree, I think it’s pretty easy unless you deliberately avoid ever pushing yourself or attempt to measure it when heavily fatigued. I’ve been measuring mine for years (both in training and events) and the uncontrolled variables make zero difference to my maximum recorded HR. Over the past few years I consistently max out at 193 bpm like clockwork. It simply doesn’t go any higher and I’ve measured it with multiple HRMs.
11-17-23, 12:04 PM
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Personally, I have zero interest in determining my max heart rate. It doesn't reveal anything useful. VO2max and LT heart rates, on the other hand, are useful.
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11-17-23, 12:40 PM
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I disagree, I think it’s pretty easy unless you deliberately avoid ever pushing yourself or attempt to measure it when heavily fatigued. I’ve been measuring mine for years (both in training and events) and the uncontrolled variables make zero difference to my maximum recorded HR. Over the past few years I consistently max out at 193 bpm like clockwork. It simply doesn’t go any higher and I’ve measured it with multiple HRMs.
11-18-23, 06:25 AM
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Or when you're highly trained, which can make it quite the challenge to exercise hard enough to max out your heart rate. Something else in your aerobic system usually gives out before your heart. For me, it's my legs.
Personally, I have zero interest in determining my max heart rate. It doesn't reveal anything useful. VO2max and LT heart rates, on the other hand, are useful.
Personally, I have zero interest in determining my max heart rate. It doesn't reveal anything useful. VO2max and LT heart rates, on the other hand, are useful.
Come on, it’s easy to hit your HR limiter if you try. It has nothing to do with leg fatigue.
11-18-23, 06:25 AM
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11-18-23, 06:52 AM
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My takeaway on this change is; our body's ability to adapt is amazing. And boy howdy, how fast my body adapts to the couch when I stop exercising!
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11-18-23, 10:38 AM
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That's why "max heart rate" is different for different activities, as they each use different muscles.
It's also pretty useless as a measure of fitness, or as a way to set training zones.
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Don't forget that the aerobic system is a system, the heart being just one component.
That's why "max heart rate" is different for different activities, as they each use different muscles.
It's also pretty useless as a measure of fitness, or as a way to set training zones.
That's why "max heart rate" is different for different activities, as they each use different muscles.
It's also pretty useless as a measure of fitness, or as a way to set training zones.
I can easily hit my max HR on a ramp test, VO2 max intervals or toward the end of a series of sprints. It's something that just happens regardless of its usefulness.
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