| Re: Maximum Heart Rate - Actual vs Calculated
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 02:18:58 GMT, "Sam" <marathonman@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>
>" Bob Alan" <t4@soalex.us> wrote in message
>news:Mq5Xd.12013$2s.3157@lakeread06...
>> When I jog or bike up a long steep hill, I get the highest heart rate
>> reading of any type of exercise I do. It's also the same reading I get if
>> I
>> jog for long on a tread-mill set to 45 degrees. This HR is higher then
>> any
>> of the various max heart rate formulas produce.
>>
>> Am I correct that the measured max heart rate is the baseline that should
>> be
>> used when working out a cardio training range?
>Yes. The formulae can be way, way off.
>
>That said, why even measure HR?
To record heart recovery rate, to work out more accurately
improvements in cardio vascular fitness levels.
HTH
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