| Re: How often do you get close to touching your "max"?
In article <slrnce11ov.m11.me@serpentor.cobrala>,
Preston Crawford <me@REMOVESPAMBLOCKprestoncrawford.com> 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...
>
>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.
What do you mean by "crappy"? It seems unlikely that you were
doing anything dangerous if you are a reasonably healthy person.
My own observed max over the last year was 193, and I regularly
ride up into the 180s without ill effect but probably don't hit that
max number very often. If endurance riding is the goal then
doing a lot of work at the max is not really necessary anyway.
So you reaching 181 doesn't sound crazy to me although it might
make your lungs hurt.
>B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just not
>something that's advisable to do very often?
When you start seeing spots and feel like you're going to pass out,
or have trouble getting enough air, that would be the limit for a
healthy person. Of course a person with an aneurism would be a
different case.
If you don't know how healthy you are, get your doctor to prescribe
a stress EKG, preferably on a bike.
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