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Heathrodelux
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   Topic: Why aren't I dead?
Posted: 26 Dec 2009 at 06:14 |
Hi All,
I went for my third training session today and used my new toy the T6C. My predicted Max HR is 190BPM, during the session i maxed out at 208!!! We went for 7.5km run with the first 5km's averaging approx 165BPM while on the road and the remaining 2.5km's we ran on a trail. This is where we lifted the pace from 12kms/per/hr to a max of 15kms per hr
I'm not dead!! but what's going on?! I knew I was working but felt good after the intensity dropped.
Is this normal for someone to excede their theoretical MAX HR??
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009 at 09:31 |
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My Max HR is about 20 beats higher than the "theoretical max HR" calculated based on my age... These formulas are just guidelines and there is a lot of personal variance.
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lindh
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009 at 12:59 |
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As stated above, these formulas for calculating Max HR can at best predict
an average Max HR for a large population. The individual variation is high, more than +-20BPM. Please just forget the formula.
The only way to find out what your Max HR is, is to test it. You can do this yourself. Just go out running. Start of slowly. When you are fully warmed up, start increasing your speed. When your HR is getting high and breathing is laboured, sprint as far as you can, preferably when it's uphill.
Don't forget to get your resting HR too. Both these numbers are valuable to get correct information from your T6c. The best thing is to sleep with the HR monitoring on, but taking it first thing in the morning before you get out of bed is also ok.
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Börje Lindh, Sweden
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badocter
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009 at 14:10 |
I am a 40 year old male with a max of 202 and regularly finish races in the upper 190's, so you are definitely not alone in beating the correlation. As has been said it is a population avergae with a BIG variance.
My highest HR's were recorded at the end of 30 minute time trials - about 8k for me. The HR does not respond instantly, so I am not able to get quite so high on shorter races like 2k, maybe 195-198, and only 191 on 500m.
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Heathrodelux
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009 at 23:54 |
Thanks for the great advice! 
Knowing that I can push myself to a Maximum when required is a relief. I'm not sure about finding my Max as suggested it sounds like too much hard work! I will wait until the opportunity arises while training with the lads, i will put the hammer down and see what happens!
I checked my resting HR this morning, both with the T6C and manually and recorded a range between 48-54BPM. Shall I take the adverage of the reading?
Sorry one last question. I have entered a Max HR in the T6C of 190BPM will this need to be updated?
Thanks Heath
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Eddie Fletcher
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Posted: 27 Dec 2009 at 16:05 |
Just make sure iy was not a transmission error - if you send me the log to eddief@wattbike.com I will check it out for you (need to send it this week as I will be away for 3 weeks in January
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Zuljin74
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Posted: 27 Dec 2009 at 16:33 |
I have noticed when climbing uphill that the body responds much faster than the T6c to heart solicitations. I recorded a 208 once but discarded it, don't think it's really possible at least to me, and set a more reliable 193 as max HR. Happened twice to reach it and both times I was really sure it could be higher but not much higher than that. I think the real max HR an individual can reach is the one you get before having a stroke. No big deal, I'm sticking to my 193! 
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009 at 07:40 |
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Eddie wasn't too sure that what my HR is showing can really be. But, I max out at 230 bpm; easily, suddenly, can get up to 190 (from 150-160 as the normal HR when running at a normal, rather slow, pace); and get from my resting HR of 60 bpm to 120 within a minute of jumping up and down...
I've gotten myself checked out carefully, and nothing untowards has been found.
I usually leave my max HR in the t6c at what it suggests, btw. If I let it automatically update to the highest it recorded, nearly all sessions aren't intensive enough, and then I'd rather have those sessions where the HR jumps up like that (yeah, it's not always) log a TE=5 than have everything be a 2, while my HR is an average 160... very strange things happening there, but as said, I got a check-up, and without my t6, I wouldn't even know (much) about it...
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Eddie Fletcher
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009 at 11:01 |
Gerald
Not sure? 230 is impossible as a human HR! So either there is a transmission error or something else ... did the check up reveal anything? Those 'jumps' are indicative of 'something else'
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Zuljin74
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Posted: 29 Dec 2009 at 11:21 |
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RHR of 60 lol
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