06-28-2004, 01:31 PM
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| | Re: How often do you get close to touching your "max"?
My theoretical max is 174 (i'm 46). I get 170 a lot while riding up hills as
fast as I can. I seem to recover quickly have no problems with it. I
haven't a clue what an anxiety or panic attack would do to max HR, or why
having them would be a factor in hitting your max HR, but I'd suggest you
don't invent stuff to worry about 
Preston Crawford wrote:
|| Putting "max" in quotes, because I know that the maximum heart rate
|| as figured by the various formulas is hard to go by. However, I'm
|| curious nonetheless. Today I was riding and accidentally touched 175
|| once and 181 once. I felt a little crappy when I touched 181. Now,
|| as I've mentioned here before, I have a history of anxiety and panic
|| attacks. I'm workig on recovering from that, but when I touched 181
|| I got a little anxious. Now what I'm wondering is...
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|| A) How often do other cyclists do what I did and accidentally (or
|| purposely) come close to what would be considered their max? I think
|| mine, by the traditional measure would be considered 197. I did a
|| stress test once where I got to 190. So that's what I base mine on.
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|| B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just
|| not something that's advisable to do very often?
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|| This obviously isn't a theoretical question. I'm asking because I'm a
|| little anxious after this morning. I feel fine now, but I'm just
|| seeking a little reassurance that I needn't be worried.
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|| Preston
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