Originally Posted by
Bald Paul
When my cardiologist tells me I shouldn't exceed a certain HR, I tend to listen to him. You do what you want to do.
Just to be clear, my cardiologist had cleared me "to do whatever you want to do" at my previous appointment. Like
GhostRider62's tech, my tech was reading off a chart without factoring in I'd been doing a lot of cycling for years. (Though riding slower than my cardiologist!)