Measuring my max heart rate
TheDrunkMonk
Posts: 181
I've bought this book about training for sportives, and its all based on heart rate zones, fair enough.
It says to measure your maximum heart rate on a turbo trainer slowly cranking up the effort over 15 minutes until you can crank up no more.
If I don't want to setup my turbo trainer, would it be a safe enough assumption that the maximum heart rate I acheived go up a bloody steep climb midway through a sportive would end up the same as this trubo trainer practice?
It says to measure your maximum heart rate on a turbo trainer slowly cranking up the effort over 15 minutes until you can crank up no more.
If I don't want to setup my turbo trainer, would it be a safe enough assumption that the maximum heart rate I acheived go up a bloody steep climb midway through a sportive would end up the same as this trubo trainer practice?
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you should use a not to steep hill so your heart reaches maximum before your legs giveway.0
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You rarely see your real max HR outside of a special testing lab.
At real max HR, you can lose control of the bike.
Rule of thumb, add 5bpm to the highest number you've ever seen.0 -
Thanks for the advice guys.
2009 here I come..... after a nice piece of cake.0
