Originally Posted by
DeadGrandpa
That rationale is stupid. The 220-age formula is a good starting point. Rejecting it because no individual is "average" makes no sense whatsoever.
By your logic, I should start out wearing a 9 1/2 shoe because that is the average for the population and see how that works for me. I think that’s stupid. What I would do is measure my feet and see what size foot I actually have. Do I really need to add that the best way to determine an individual’s max heart rate is to just go out and measure it (assuming there’s no underlying pathology that would make that dangerous)?