Basic HRM question

"Don Wagner" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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I broke down and picked up a decent Heart Rate Montitor from Nashbar.

It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but enough to get me going
and see if using it will give me a hand with my riding goals.

The question is this...
I've determined my Maximum Heart Rate based off of Chris Carmichals
training programs. How often should I retest my MHR in order to
determine if I am within my zone?

Your maximum heart rate is more or less a constant. It varies a little with
temperature and it drops a little when you getting older (roughly 1 hb per
year). So you don't have to retest your max. heart rate.

Lou

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The question is this...
I've determined my Maximum Heart Rate based off of Chris Carmichals
training programs. How often should I retest my MHR in order to
determine if I am within my zone?

On a day when you are well rested find a long medium steep hill. Then
go as fast as you possibly can for as long as you can. When you think
you are going to keel over, you have probably reached your MHR.
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Alex

Lou Holtman said:

Your maximum heart rate is more or less a constant. It varies a little with
temperature and it drops a little when you getting older (roughly 1 hb per
year). So you don't have to retest your max. heart rate.

Thanks Lou.

I finally found some good examples on Polars site.

Finished my MHR test this morning with a result of 178bpm (40yr old,
male). What a killer!
--Don--
The beatings will continue until morale improves.

--On Friday, July 30, 2004 5:09 PM +0000 Don Wagner

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Lou Holtman said:

Your maximum heart rate is more or less a constant. It varies a little
with temperature and it drops a little when you getting older (roughly 1
hb per year). So you don't have to retest your max. heart rate.

Thanks Lou.

I finally found some good examples on Polars site.

Finished my MHR test this morning with a result of 178bpm (40yr old,
male). What a killer!
--Don--
The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Hmm. This seems to fit with the general fitness rule of 220-age. So why is
there a complex system for figuring this out?

Mike
Mechanical Engineering 2006, Carnegie Mellon University
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--On Friday, July 30, 2004 5:09 PM +0000 Don Wagner

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Lou Holtman said:

Your maximum heart rate is more or less a constant. It varies a little
with temperature and it drops a little when you getting older (roughly

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hb per year). So you don't have to retest your max. heart rate.

Thanks Lou.

I finally found some good examples on Polars site.

Finished my MHR test this morning with a result of 178bpm (40yr old,
male). What a killer!
--Don--
The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Hmm. This seems to fit with the general fitness rule of 220-age. So why is
there a complex system for figuring this out?

Because in most cases this rule doesn't fit at all. I'm 47 years old and my
MHR is 191 bpm.

Lou
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Prometheus said:

Hmm. This seems to fit with the general fitness rule of 220-age. So why is
there a complex system for figuring this out?

From what I can tell, the "220 - age" is for the average joe/jane. It
doesn't take into account body style, prior fitness, etc. Since I'm
an endo with years of anaerobic experience but crappy cardio/aerobic
training I honestly expected to have my MHR lower.

Each sport has a different set of formula to determine MHR from what I
can tell.
--Don--
The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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| Prometheus <[email hidden]> wrote:
| >Hmm. This seems to fit with the general fitness rule of 220-age. So why
is
| >there a complex system for figuring this out?
|
| From what I can tell, the "220 - age" is for the average joe/jane. It
| doesn't take into account body style, prior fitness, etc. Since I'm
| an endo with years of anaerobic experience but crappy cardio/aerobic
| training I honestly expected to have my MHR lower.
|
| Each sport has a different set of formula to determine MHR from what I
| can tell.
| --Don--
| The beatings will continue until morale improves.

This spring I did a battery of tests at a local university:
VO2 max, AT, HRmax, Wingate, performed on a cycle ergometer, as well body
comp. in the pool.
The structured test confirmed my personal results regarding HRmax.
I am 51 y.o. and hit 183 bpm for this test. While this is higher than
'average', I was told it was no indicator of anything- be that past
training, or current fitness.

What is very consistent, I was told, is that AT occurs at approx 85% of
HRmax about 95% of the time. Mine was 84.4% I recall.

I have never heard of a formula for any given sport(s). Different activities
will produce a different peak(aka max).It is expected that running HRmax
will be higher than cycling, I believe.

ED3