<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Indeed the Lund University measure is higher than another more standard measure that states that my MHR is something like 160. So a revision upwards, maybe because people are on the whole -especially middle aged people - fitter and healthier than a generation ago. <div><br></div><div>Would be good if they could one day read it off our genome at f i 23andme, don't you think? :-) I would know for certain exactly what MHR to strive for, how close I am to my maximum fitness, all from info sent to my iphone. <br><div><div>On 23 Dec 2011, at 18:56, Max More wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">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.<br>
<br>--Max<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Kryonica <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kryonica@gmail.com">kryonica@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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:<br>
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MHR = 190.2/ (1 + exp (0.0453 x (age - 107.5))), which gave me (female, 52 in february 2012) a value of 175.9<br>
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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.<br>
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