Hmmmm??

crom7
crom7 Posts: 83
edited April 2011 in Training, fitness and health
I decided to use my HRM during a turbo trainer session a couple of nights ago, with the aim of doing intervals at different heart rates e.g. 1 min at 170bpm, 2 mins at 160bpm etc. However, as hard as i tried i couldn't get my heart rate above 145bpm. Why could this be?

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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Naturally low HR?, not enough resistance?, not pushing hard enough?, fatigued?, ill?
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    If 170bpm is anywhere near your max HR then you won't get it up that high within a minute. In short, HR is pretty much useless as a gauge for intensity for efforts less than several minutes.

    Some folk find it more difficult to get their HR up on the turbo though so that could be a factor as well.
    More problems but still living....
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    I think you need to try again with decent resistance and minimum 2 minutes pushing a 90 + cadence.... if you hr doesnt start to pop with that....
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    crom7 wrote:
    Why could this be?


    Broken HRM?
  • sheffsimon
    sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
    Pokerface wrote:
    crom7 wrote:
    Why could this be?


    Broken HRM?

    Broken heart?

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