06-28-2004, 02:53 PM
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| | Re: How often do you get close to touching your "max"?
Preston Crawford wrote:
|| On 2004-06-28, Roger Zoul <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote:
||| 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 
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|| I would agree. Problem is I only have so much control over my
|| anxiety. Sometimes it just gets the better of you, especially when
|| you look down
|| and see 181 on your HRM.
I see what you mean. I once looked at my HRM and saw 226. I momentarily
freaked and then realized I wasn't even working THAT hard...the damn thing
was acting up.
From what I understand, if you're in pretty good health, there should be no
problem hitting your max -- it's just that your HR won't increase beyond
that. Also, you likely won't be able to keep it up for very long anyway, as
lactic acid would build up in your legs and eventually force you to slow
down. Finally, getting up that high every once in a while is supposed to
increase your fitness, so there is some benefit provided you don't end up
overtraining.
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