Originally Posted by
blacknbluebikes
Odds are good you will actually enjoy the test. You won't find it that hard, they won't understand why you're not beating at 175 bpm, they will likely have to keep increasing the angle on the ramp, then they'll finally tell you to get off, that will have to do. Then they'll run the ultrasound all over ya, covered with goo, and that's it, here's a paper towel.
I haven't been able to do 175bpm for some time. Like many of us here, and I suspect runners too, I usually ride with a HR monitor so I know exactly where my limits are and when I hit them. But doesn't this test look at blood flow, not HR?