Max heart rate is not as it should be, is this bad?

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Loca Aug 2012 2:08pm, 25 Aug 2012 2,057 posts	0 Loca Yep, I know using working HR is better than absolute but didn't want to confuse the issue for someone who is new to using a HRM. just trying to give some ball park figures for a bit of guidance. Still doesn't change the fact that if the OP is really running easy at 168 BPM then her MHR is not 185 - I think that was what the general query was about.
Puffing Bertie Aug 2012 10:56pm, 25 Aug 2012 11,218 posts	0 Puffing Bertie Thanks for that Loca, I will give it a go. It all makes a little more sense now
plodding hippo Aug 2012 11:26pm, 25 Aug 2012 44,035 posts	0 plodding hippo My max HR is over 200 And im 47
The_Saint Aug 2012 11:38pm, 25 Aug 2012 5,380 posts	0 The_Saint I've said it N times here before and nobody ever wants to hear it but let's have another go . . . . in the words of one of the men who came up with the original HR Max formula "The common formula was devised in 1970 by Dr. William Haskell, then a young physician in the federal Public Health Service and his mentor, Dr. Samuel Fox, who led the service's program on heart disease. They were trying to determine how strenuously heart disease patients could exercise. In preparation for a medical meeting , Dr. Haskell culled data from about 10 published studies in which people of different ages had been tested to find their maximum heart rates. The subjects were never meant to be a representative sample of the population, said Dr. Haskell, who is now a professor of medicine at Stanford. Most were under 55 and some were smokers or had heart disease. On an airplane traveling to the meeting, Dr. Haskell pulled out his data and showed them to Dr. Fox. ''We drew a line through the points and I said, 'Gee, if you extrapolate that out it looks like at age 20, the heart rate maximum is 200 and at age 40 it's 180 and at age 60 it's 160,'' Dr. Haskell said. At that point, Dr. Fox suggested a formula: maximum heart rate equals 220 minus age. But, exercise physiologists said, these data, like virtually all exercise data, had limitations. They relied on volunteers who most likely were not representative of the general population. ''It's whoever came in the door,'' Dr. Kirkendall said. In addition, he and others said, gauging maximum heart rates for people who are not used to exercising is often difficult because many prematurely stop the test. . . . . . ''I've kind of laughed about it over the years,'' Dr. Haskell said. The formula, he said, ''was never supposed to be an absolute guide to rule people's training.'' But, he said, ''It's so typical of Americans to take an idea and extend it beyond what it was originally intended for.''"
Jambomo Aug 2012 11:47pm, 25 Aug 2012 3,280 posts	0 Jambomo I wore a HRM during a fetch mile and hit 201, don't think I've been near that figure since
Dvorak Aug 2012 12:44am, 26 Aug 2012 5,536 posts	0 Dvorak About time we got you to another mile, then
plodding hippo Aug 2012 7:33am, 26 Aug 2012 44,036 posts	0 plodding hippo thank you saint
Jambomo Aug 2012 8:42am, 26 Aug 2012 3,281 posts	0 Jambomo Lol, yep I'll need to try and get to one soon D