Your max heart rate?

[Reg Lizard]

Mines 182, aged 38. Got it up to 178 during last year's Argurs Cycle tour

[Hype]

I agree that the 220-age is a very rough estimate but mine has always been within one or two beats of that method.

 

It's now 186 and I'm 34. This is low in comparison to almost everyone else that I ride with.

 

Does this mean I have a big heart ?

[Sean]

Wow TGIP' date=' so that 220 minus your age rule is total crap?  Looks like you can keep your max high if you keep training.[/quote']

 

Yes it's crap, I'm 44 in my max HR is 205 also

[Sammajoor]

Wow TGIP' date=' so that 220 minus your age rule is total crap?  Looks like you can keep your max high if you keep training.[/quote']

 

Yes it's crap, I'm 44 in my max HR is 205 also

 

Hit 204 once thought i was going to die there and then don't race with my monitor on call it a mental thingy

 

Sean love your avatar

[Johan Bornman]

[quote name=bruce

 

Well' date=' the experiment is quite easy - if your heartrate was your limiter, you should be capable of riding at just below your max HR for an extended period of time.

 

I know another person that is adamant that they never feel a burning in the muscles, that their heart and lungs are what is limiting them.  I'm not sure that every individual feels the same sensation when lactate starts to accumulate faster than it can be removed.

 

 

[/quote]

 

I'm not adamant at all. I just never thought it through and am now adjusting my reality.

Johan Bornman2007-10-01 03:19:06

[bruce]

 

I'm not adamant at all. I just never thought it through and am now adjusting my reality.

 

I know, but this other person is! No matter how much I try to convince them, they believe that they have a weak heart and lungs

[Sean]

Wow TGIP' date=' so that 220 minus your age rule is total crap?  Looks like you can keep your max high if you keep training.[/quote']

 

Yes it's crap, I'm 44 in my max HR is 205 also

 

Hit 204 once thought i was going to die there and then don't race with my monitor on call it a mental thingy

 

Sean love your avatar

 

I hit that max crossing the finish line at last Hyper to Hyper (or Fast One whatever it's called now), on the long drag to the line.. must admit when I looked down I nearly had a heart atack!

 

Re the Avatar, it's not a joke!

[scotty]

I need to get my max HR professionally done, should be 175 but i do get it sometimes into the 190's. I find that within a 15 min of starting an  excerise it usually shoots very high then settles down again.

[Sean]

In my club ride yesterday was chatting with a lady who;s boyfriend is on a program with Gary (Mark??) Beneke here in JHB. Apparently he does the lot, Max HR; LT etc. etc. and then gives you a tailored programme specific to take you to your racing/riding goals.

Not sure what the $$$ is.... perhaps someone on the Hub has used him? 

[Wonder Woman]

I've been to Gary Beneke. He never checked my max HR but he does lactic threshold testing and average wattage output along with max wattage output in a sprint.

 

He then does a program, but 90% of the trainers do all of this as it is crucial to test whether you are improving on the training program.

 

I think each trainer has a basic program and just changes it slightly to suite you as an individual.

 

In my opinion, find someone who has a program you like and someone you can talk to.

 

To find out your max HR you have to push yourself until you bring up, it is a very unpleasant experience, and most people don't bother as you LT threshold is far more important for training purposes.

 

[bruce]

There are some fundamentals when building a training program that need to be taken into account:

1. The requirements of the racing that you plan to do.  Road racing is different to time-trialing, is different to mountain biking etc.

2. Your own strengths and weaknesses based on how you have been training, and the makeup of your body.

3. Available training hours in the week, and flexibility etc.

4. Your goals for your racing.

 

Each of these things will have an impact on how a program should be designed, and should be taken into account.