[ExI] Maximum heart rate

[Max More]

I've always found the maximum heart rate calculation to be inaccurate. In
my 30s, I would finish a run at top speed and measured my heart rate at
around 210, when the maximum (according to the formula) should be 185 or
so. In general, the heart rate zones typically recommended seem low to me.
Perhaps they are intended for people who are in poor condition to start
with.

--Max


On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Kryonica <kryonica at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since this is the time of the year for good New Year's resolutions - that
> one hopes to keep beyond Jan 1st -  I am thinking about purchasing at last
> a heart rate monitor watch & strap to use on my exercise bike to monitor
> percentage of maximum heart rate at various stages of the exercise as well
> as calories burnt.  One formula for maximum heart rate that I found is the
> one proposed by Lund University:
>
> MHR = 190.2/ (1 + exp (0.0453 x (age - 107.5))), which gave me (female, 52
> in february 2012) a value of 175.9
>
> Since people on this list seem to mind their health with knowledge and
> conscientiousness, I'd like your opinion on how to calculate this value as
> well as its hypothetical usefulness for life extending exercising.  I might
> buy a Polar heart rate watch and also use it during non-cycling aerobic
> (that is high and low impact) exercise such as dancing and kickboxing.  I
> have done these things for years now but never bothered to measure my heart
> rate.  But with all the pills I have been advised to take by f.i.  Stefano
> and Eugen maybe my maximum heart rate will change.
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