What should be my max heart rate?
CyclingObsession
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What should my max heart rate be, Im 26 male,
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Sorry, but this is a ridiculous question.
No one could know, its unique to you, you need to do a test to find out.0 -
64kg. Oh hang on a minute....More problems but still living....0
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Well it depends on whether your body fat is 6% or 7%.
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well quick rule nice and simple
220 - age = a number....0 -
If you can't be bothered to do a test, you'll never train hard enough anyway. May as well go with the formula
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I remember back in the early days of the internet when people took pride in their trolling.All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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It should be the highest possible rate at which your heart can beat.CyclingObsession wrote:What should my max heart rate be, Im 26 male,CAPTAIN BUCKFAST'S CYCLING TIPS - GUARANTEED TO WORK! 1 OUT OF 10 RACING CYCLISTS AGREE!0 -
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If you note your heart rate when you blackout at the top of a brutal mountain climb - subtract 1. 0
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So do people know a good method of working it out with a heart rate monitor? Just peddle flat out until you cant go anymore?
Did this with running and managed to get my heart rate up to 200. Thought I was dead when I Googled it and found the formula ha.0 -
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You need to combine some extended near-threshold work with a final sprint effort, e.g. pedal at a rate that you can only just manage to sustain for about 20 mins, then go absolutely as hard as you can for 15 or 20 seconds at the end. If you are not gasping loud enough to disturb the neighbours and feeling a little faint or nauseous afterwards, you probably haven't done it hard enough.isimba wrote:So do people know a good method of working it out with a heart rate monitor? Just peddle flat out until you cant go anymore?
Did this with running and managed to get my heart rate up to 200. Thought I was dead when I Googled it and found the formula ha.0 -
so MAX = MAX -1 ?mustol wrote:If you note your heart rate when you blackout at the top of a brutal mountain climb - subtract 1.
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Don't know but mine was 200 when I was 40 :?CyclingObsession wrote:What should my max heart rate be, Im 26 male,0
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neeb wrote:
You need to combine some extended near-threshold work with a final sprint effort, e.g. pedal at a rate that you can only just manage to sustain for about 20 mins, then go absolutely as hard as you can for 15 or 20 seconds at the end. If you are not gasping loud enough to disturb the neighbours and feeling a little faint or nauseous afterwards, you probably haven't done it hard enough.isimba wrote:So do people know a good method of working it out with a heart rate monitor? Just peddle flat out until you cant go anymore?
Did this with running and managed to get my heart rate up to 200. Thought I was dead when I Googled it and found the formula ha.
I don't think this would get you to your max. Better to ramp up the intensity gradually over 15-20 mins.0 -
Wow, why are people being such a**-holes. Its a fair question.
Try reading this - http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/articl ... sts-28838/
yes using a formula to work it out might not be the most accurate but not everyone can go and get it tested properly so its better than nothing.
If people don't have anything useful to say they should STFU. Everyone has to start somewhere and useless trolls dont help anyone.
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Take your own adviceChris87 wrote:Wow, why are people being such a**-holes. Its a fair question.
Try reading this - http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/articl ... sts-28838/
yes using a formula to work it out might not be the most accurate but not everyone can go and get it tested properly so its better than nothing.
If people don't have anything useful to say they should STFU. Everyone has to start somewhere and useless trolls dont help anyone.
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I agree. The formula is better than nothing. In the same way that picking any random number between 145 and 220 is better than nothing. Both are equally useless.Chris87 wrote:yes using a formula to work it out might not be the most accurate but not everyone can go and get it tested properly so its better than nothing.CAPTAIN BUCKFAST'S CYCLING TIPS - GUARANTEED TO WORK! 1 OUT OF 10 RACING CYCLISTS AGREE!0 -
wilo13 wrote:You also have to note that the max HR figure you use for cycling will be different to running.
Interesting. I knew that many less experienced cyclists find it difficult to get their HR as high when cycling as when running, but always assumed this was due to technique. As you become better at cycling, you learn to fully exert yourself in a way that is difficult at first. Is this limit in HR because the upper body is largely motionless? You would still think that if the demands from the legs are enough the heart would beat as fast as it is able to. Or maybe there is some feedback thing in the nervous system that stops the HR completely maxing out as long as some muscles are not being used?wilo13 wrote:This has been shown in many studies as well.0
