Heart rate

[leet22]

Can someone help me understand how to train using your heart rate plz

[Overlord]

If you not puking you not riding hard enough.

[leet22]

If you not puking you not riding hard enough.

That doesnt help I puke if i ride 100 meters

[Slowbee]

No man onetime!!

 

Leet, have you done a google search on this?

 

 

[leet22]

No man Slowbee Dont confuse me even more

Will do now, just thought someone might have laymans terms

[Overlord]

 

No man onetime!!

 

Leet' date=' have you done a google search on this?

 

 

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Ok I was wrong. Blood running out your eyes and an acid taste in the mouth with legs that feels like its on fire?

 

[leet22]

Ahh Cool thx . C that was easy now I know how to train

[Slowbee]

 

No man onetime!!

 

Leet' date=' have you done a google search on this?

 

 

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Ok I was wrong. Blood running out your eyes and an acid taste in the mouth with legs that feels like its on fire?

 

and thats on the downhills

 

[leet22]

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1. Enter Your Age 39
2. Fitness Level
Novice - Very little fitness
 Beginner - Some execise
 Average Fitness - Moderate exercise
 Higher than average Fitness - Vigorous exercise

Calculate Target Heart RangeYour Training Heart Rate Zone is
Between: 91  and 109  Beats Per Minute

Hmm HELP my heart rate was a avg of 165. >leet222009-07-19 12:33:36

[Slowbee]

Leet, to answer your question.

 

You have a "maximum heart rate" and a resting heart rate. So if your monitor says you are at 100%, that means you are doing excercise at your "maximum".

 

Then you have different %'s inbetween.

 

Now the picture gets blurry depending on what you read and who you talk  to. But in training, you can cycle at 70% for 5 hours, and get fit. Or you can do intervals of say taking your heart rate to 80% for 5 minutes with different rest periods inbetween.

 

YOu can achieve these heart rates either with using "big gears" or by spinning. But the essential thing is what you are trying to achieve. Usually you try to ride under the 80% zone as it means you can ride for longer (might not be faster - but you can last).

 

So I might ride argus at say 60% and it takes me 6 hours, but Onetime riding at 60% would not make the cut off time. The pro's might ride at 60%  and finish in 3 hours.

 

Hope this helps get you started. Oh yes, welcome to the world of cycling, when you start talking heart rate - then you are in ! When you stop caring about heart rate and worry about puking, then you have arrived. I havent arrived yet - ride to slow.

 

[Slowbee]

something else, polar recommends subtracting your age from 221 (i think it is) and using the monitor to estimate the resting hear rate.

 

if it is really important to you the sport institute can put you on a machine and work it out exactly for you.

 

[Overlord]

 

Leet' date=' to answer your question.

 

You have a "maximum heart rate" and a resting heart rate. So if your monitor says you are at 100%, that means you are doing excercise at your "maximum".

 

Then you have different %'s inbetween.

 

Now the picture gets blurry depending on what you read and who you talk  to. But in training, you can cycle at 70% for 5 hours, and get fit. Or you can do intervals of say taking your heart rate to 80% for 5 minutes with different rest periods inbetween.

 

YOu can achieve these heart rates either with using "big gears" or by spinning. But the essential thing is what you are trying to achieve. Usually you try to ride under the 80% zone as it means you can ride for longer (might not be faster - but you can last).

 

So I might ride argus at say 60% and it takes me 6 hours, but Onetime riding at 60% would not make the cut off time. The pro's might ride at 60%  and finish in 3 hours.

 

Hope this helps get you started. Oh yes, welcome to the world of cycling, when you start talking heart rate - then you are in ! When you stop caring about heart rate and worry about puking, then you have arrived. I havent arrived yet - ride to slow.

 

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[leet22]

Oh Bugger Im confused  so say 70% on 183  whichwas my max heart rate today and im cool

[Slowbee]

Leet, explain more - your heart rate was 183, which is your max ? That should be 100%

 

 

 

[Santa C]

Max sould not exceed 80% or else you go into your Lactate Tolerance!!

[leet22]

What I meant was I should be using 70% of 183 which was the max my heart was at today which means i should be doing a avg of 130 bpm