How often do you get close to touching your "max"?

06-28-2004, 01:01 PM

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.

B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just not
something that's advisable to do very often?

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.

Preston

06-28-2004, 01:31 PM

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...
||
|| 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.
||
|| B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just
|| not something that's advisable to do very often?
||
|| 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.
||
|| Preston

06-28-2004, 01:31 PM

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...
||
|| 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.
||
|| B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just
|| not something that's advisable to do very often?
||
|| 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.
||
|| Preston

06-28-2004, 01:31 PM

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...
||
|| 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.
||
|| B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just
|| not something that's advisable to do very often?
||
|| 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.
||
|| Preston

06-28-2004, 01:31 PM

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...
||
|| 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.
||
|| B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just
|| not something that's advisable to do very often?
||
|| 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.
||
|| Preston

06-28-2004, 01:31 PM

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...
||
|| 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.
||
|| B) If you hit it do you generally consider that "dangerous" or just
|| not something that's advisable to do very often?
||
|| 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.
||
|| Preston

06-28-2004, 02:19 PM

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

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.

Preston

06-28-2004, 02:19 PM

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

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.

Preston

06-28-2004, 02:19 PM

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

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.

Preston

06-28-2004, 02:19 PM

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

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.

Preston