Max Heart Rate Question

To get to your max heart rate you need to run to exhaustion. Have you done this with the polar? 188 is probably about right but MHR varies even among elite runners/ athletes. When the LSU CC team did the treadmill test the best guy on the team had only the 6th or 7th MHR. I think mine was 188 and I was 20 years old and nothing but lungs and legs....6' tall 130lbs. Some guys had MHR around 195.

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The 220 - age is nothing more than a guideline. It is not accurate for every individual/situation.

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I'm 45. Which is kinda why I was freaking out a little when I hit 188 on a warm day going up a steep hill. I was worried I was about to die or something.

220 - 45 = 175 MHR. Which is why I asked if you could exceed your MHR. I assume you can't.

I’ve gotten mine to 202 before during CrossFit (according to my Suunto). I’m 31 btw.

I’ve done the Lifetime test. It’s a Co2 max test.

If you want a good indicator of your max go do a stress test. Jesus Christ I’m in good shape and thought I was going to die. They started the test at 4.0 on the treadmill with a 12% incline and go up every 30 seconds. It also shows them how effective the heart is under stress and they can see where the blood is flowing. Not a bad thing to find out if you’re 35+ I’m 39 and had mine in Dec since I’d met my deductible

I felt like Drago

Yeah. Cardiologist. I’m a walking PSA for getting your heart checked

Workout 6 days a week and eat right. I’m the most OCD clean eater I know but have family history of heart disease including my dad.

The heart calcium test found a ton of plaque in my arteries last month and I’m now on Lipitor. Came out of nowhere and wouldn’t have known had I not gotten checked. Doctor said he sees it everyday and most of time he’s telling people when it’s too late and he’s proud of me for volunteering to do it.

Said you can’t outrun genetics and puts stints in 20/30 year olds all the time.

My calcium score was 1190 but good news is it’s all along the wall and not all in one place

Had to have a cath done

Warm up for 15 minutes on a flat surface. Build up to your usual training pace.

Choose a hill that will take more than 2 minutes to climb. Run up the hill once (for at least 2 minutes), building to as hard a pace as you estimate you could hold for 20 minutes. (You don’t have to keep running for 20 minutes, you just need to build up to a pace that you could hold for at least 20 minutes.) Return to the base of the hill.

Run up the hill again with a faster pace. Get your heart going as hard as you can, building up to a pace you estimate you would be able to hold for 3 kilometres. Observe your highest heart rate on the display.Your max HR is approximately 10 beats higher than the now-noted value.

Run back down the hill, allowing your heart rate to drop 30–40 beats per minute from where it was.

Run up the hill once again at a pace that you can only hold for 1 minute. Try to run halfway up the hill. Observe your highest heart rate. This brings you close to your maximum heart rate. You can use this value as your max HR to set your heart rate zones.

Make sure you cool down for a minimum of 10 minutes.