What Is My Max Heart Rate?
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Published 2024-05-18
What is max heart rate? 0:00
Why care about max heart rate? 0:26
How to calculate your max heart rate 1:00
Physically testing to find your MHR 2:41
Testing begins! 5:32
The results! 6:33
Conclusion 10:31
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All Comments (21)
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How much attention do you pay to your max heart rate? đ€đ« Let us know in the comments! đŹ
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Thumbnail is correct. You should 100% stop using AGE - 220. You will get negative max BPM. đ
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lol Mark outrunning the Treadmill is such a flex.
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Treadmill manufacturers tremble when Mark sets foot on the factory floor.
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Thank god! Was worried my heart rate would be -200!
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What a fun episode!! And it has given me a guideline for doing my own max heart rate test at the gym. Thanks GTN crew! And Welcome Back Heather!!
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Should have changed the slope on the treadmill for Mark.
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The last formula works well for me. Max HR is the one thing that really has changed with age for me, I am 54 and I go by 176 as my max. It makes you have to work hard to keep in zone 2 when your max is so low. Nice work Belinda! Really going for it in the test.
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Hit 201 during a race last year, after going all out for the final 2k trying to keep up with the pacer for my target time. That was measured with a chest-strap in the final 10% of an hour long race, showing steady increase rather than any spikes, so I feel pretty confident in the measurement. Haven't quite hit those extremes since the race, but during hard runs and bike sprints, I get up in the mid 190s, which seems to track. 36 years old, did no exercise for most of my 20s, so I think I'm pretty lucky to have that capacity.
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Awesome & Thanks :)
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I recorded a max of 237 when I was 19, often going over 220 during surges in races. I could average 200 for an hour during hard road races. I actually went to a doctor to see if there was something wrong with me. Now I'm 32, and can still can go above 210.
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Among my friends who run and bike, i think im the only one whose max heart rate is actually 220 - age. Iâve never used that formula, but my max is 178, and im 42. But i know a guy in his 60s whose max is around 215!
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I would be curious to see you to a multi-faceted one; testing it separately with both running and cycling, and comparing you guys to specialists (get GCN and the Running Channel in on it!) to see how much specialization effects a difference between sports.
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37 years old, hitting 193-200 ocassionally for fun. If you haven't trained for a longtime, your heart beats a lot higher and a 180bpm run is no longer as hard as before. But once your heart is trained a 180bpm run becomes much harder, but at the same time you are also faster.
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Interesting video.
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Agreed 220-age for those training regularly shouldn't be used. But for beginners like the video shows it's a handy method to get started and learn / understand heart rate in training zones.
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I'm 75, and both my max (180) and resting (65) defy the conventional wisdom. I test regularly, and rely on the results for my training.
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It's so very, very difficult to stay motivated enough to measure your max HR! I don't know if I could ever do it on a treadmill; I need a hill, and preferably also a race, but if the race is too short or too long, I won't hit my absolute max. Usually I just use the estimate of my smartwatch; I always wear an HR strap.
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I did one of these test's in the hospital a few years ago and got 188 Max HR. Which is coincidentally 220-my age at the time. And the thing that got me to do that test was the fact I complained to my doctor that one night I woke up, and my heart was racing like never before, so I measured it and it was also 188. So I had to go into the kitchen and walk it off till it calmed down.
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Iâve been going off the stress test from my cardiologist where I went over 200 (Iâm 35) but their test is slower speed but it increases both speed and incline at set increment (2mins if I remember correctly) I think incline spikes my heart rate more than moving my legs faster đ