MHR and training zones

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  • jweighell
    jweighell Posts: 30
    Probably a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyway as I'm new to heart rate training...

    Is 0% of MHR your resting heart rate? Or is 0% not beating at all?!!!
  • doyler78
    doyler78 Posts: 1,951
    jweighell wrote:
    Probably a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyway as I'm new to heart rate training...

    Is 0% of MHR your resting heart rate? Or is 0% not beating at all?!!!

    Anything multiplied by 0=0 so the answer is no beating heart rate because any maximum heart that you chose to mulitiply by 0 then divide through by 100 will always result in zero.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    droadie wrote:
    A heart monitor can provide you with clues as to whether you are risking an overtraining situation - and thus should take an extra day of rest. Do a warm up that takes you to the foot of a familiar hill. Climb at your usual pace while keeping one eye on your HRM. One of four things will happen:

    Heart rate is higher than normal and legs feel tired
    Heart rate is normal and legs feel tired
    Heart rate is higher than normal and legs feel good
    Heart rate is normal and legs feel good

    In the first situation, your recovery from previous rides isn't close to what it should be. Head on home and take the day off. Pushing on will only put you in a deeper hole. In the second and third scenarios, your recovery is incomplete, but not to the extent of #1. You can continue riding, but only if you can keep distance and intensity moderate. Scenario number four indicates you are right on schedule with your training.
    I actually find the opposite occurs - ie unable to reach "normal" heart rate levels (both average and maximum) when fatigued from previous training/racing.
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  • SBezza
    SBezza Posts: 2,173
    Bronzie wrote:
    droadie wrote:
    A heart monitor can provide you with clues as to whether you are risking an overtraining situation - and thus should take an extra day of rest. Do a warm up that takes you to the foot of a familiar hill. Climb at your usual pace while keeping one eye on your HRM. One of four things will happen:

    Heart rate is higher than normal and legs feel tired
    Heart rate is normal and legs feel tired
    Heart rate is higher than normal and legs feel good
    Heart rate is normal and legs feel good

    In the first situation, your recovery from previous rides isn't close to what it should be. Head on home and take the day off. Pushing on will only put you in a deeper hole. In the second and third scenarios, your recovery is incomplete, but not to the extent of #1. You can continue riding, but only if you can keep distance and intensity moderate. Scenario number four indicates you are right on schedule with your training.
    I actually find the opposite occurs - ie unable to reach "normal" heart rate levels (both average and maximum) when fatigued from previous training/racing.

    +1, my HR is always lower when fatigued.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    +2; If my legs are good I'd go for it! If my pulse was also elevated it would be because I'd had more than my usual gap since my last ride.
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  • ChrisSA
    ChrisSA Posts: 455
    +3. I overtrained a few weeks back (too much cycling ontop of weekly running mileage - got a road bike from ebay so too eager).

    On my long run (normally 145 - 155 bpm) I struggled to get over 139 without running a ridiculous pace. If you have overtrained the heart gets tired and cannot react to the need for oxygen.

    A better test is to take your Resting HR (RHR) in the morning. If this is significantly higher the day after training then you need to take it easier, or take a day off.
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