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Heart Rate
Just hooked up the heart rate monitor on my Gramin 510 and went for a 30 mile ride. My heart rate average was 118 bpm and maximum heart rate of 146 bpm (at the very beginning of the ride). Given that my heart rate is supposed to be between 113 and 137 I am pleased.
FYI - I also have room for a more vigorous ride
FYI - I also have room for a more vigorous ride
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I'm 56 and have seen 177bpm without any ill effect. I'll average 145bpm on most rides and will spend more than an hour in the 150-160bpm range on a three hour ride.
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Have you been to the Mayo Clinic and did they work you up medically and tell you that? Otherwise you are spouting nonsense, IMHO
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Okay. Good enough. Though as Michael says it is variable, you are probably getting at least moderate exercise. Probably. Nonsense seems a bit harsh.
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I've got a 130 threshold and 150 max. But that's from my Cardiologist. They don't want to dislodge the stent they implanted last year. Meds do a good job of knocking me back if I try too hard. I'm 54 BTW.
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I have a rule for Heart rate if I don't have a monitor with me.
Cycle so that you are comfortable but just getting to the out of breath mark and that is how I like to ride. Means that you are working hard enough to put some fitness into the body but not hard enough to wear it out.
Push a bit harder and talking --to your mate next to---you . you find that you--have to take a --few extra breaths. This just puts me into about 75 to 80% of my max
Then it--gets to-the--stage where--breathing--has--become lab--oured--and this puts me into the 85% range but could probably be improved if I wasn't talking to the bike next to me.
And then there is the stage where I can't talk but the breathing is very hard- the legs are beginning to think they have hit a 20% slope and that puts me about 95%.
Next stage doesn't last long as speed tails off dramatically after a short while-legs are now on a 30% slope and I can't breath.
I had a stress test 14 years ago and it did work out to 220 less my age so I have always used that to inform people of what their theoretical HR could be. It will vary between people and fitness levels but you have to start somewhere and find out what you can get to . Won't even say in safety as I have never known anyone "Blow up" their heart through over exertion unless there is another problem that causes it. On the stress test I was wired up and they knew when I was about to pass out as the sensors told them. That Max HR was 165 which as near as damn it was 220 less 55 (My age). Now treat my max as 155 at 66 and believe me when I say I know when I am approaching that. Haven't seen above 150 for months and that was on a spinning class at the gym and I knew I was reaching my max.
But if I want to do mileage on a ride-I stay in the 80 to 85% range and I will be OK. Push too often near the 95% and I will be in trouble by the end of the ride.
Cycle so that you are comfortable but just getting to the out of breath mark and that is how I like to ride. Means that you are working hard enough to put some fitness into the body but not hard enough to wear it out.
Push a bit harder and talking --to your mate next to---you . you find that you--have to take a --few extra breaths. This just puts me into about 75 to 80% of my max
Then it--gets to-the--stage where--breathing--has--become lab--oured--and this puts me into the 85% range but could probably be improved if I wasn't talking to the bike next to me.
And then there is the stage where I can't talk but the breathing is very hard- the legs are beginning to think they have hit a 20% slope and that puts me about 95%.
Next stage doesn't last long as speed tails off dramatically after a short while-legs are now on a 30% slope and I can't breath.
I had a stress test 14 years ago and it did work out to 220 less my age so I have always used that to inform people of what their theoretical HR could be. It will vary between people and fitness levels but you have to start somewhere and find out what you can get to . Won't even say in safety as I have never known anyone "Blow up" their heart through over exertion unless there is another problem that causes it. On the stress test I was wired up and they knew when I was about to pass out as the sensors told them. That Max HR was 165 which as near as damn it was 220 less 55 (My age). Now treat my max as 155 at 66 and believe me when I say I know when I am approaching that. Haven't seen above 150 for months and that was on a spinning class at the gym and I knew I was reaching my max.
But if I want to do mileage on a ride-I stay in the 80 to 85% range and I will be OK. Push too often near the 95% and I will be in trouble by the end of the ride.
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Priority #1 is to listen to your Dr. and pay little attention to what others say. Sounds like you're happy with today's results and that is just the beginning.
The more time you spend on the bike will yield results that should please you and your Dr. Above all, ENJOY the rides.
The more time you spend on the bike will yield results that should please you and your Dr. Above all, ENJOY the rides.
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Nonsense is not the proper word. But, absent individual studies, it is not really appropriate to use whatever Mayo puts out - again, unless they have studied you and your case, specifically.
In any event, what one should pay more attention to than HR is lactate threshold, if training is your concern.
It isn't mine, and I leave the HRM at home. When I am feeling exhausted, I rest.
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The only HR figure worth making comparisons to is your own. If you want to train with HR, you'd do best to establish what your threshold is. There's a test for this described in a sticky on the training and nutrition forum. Otherwise, you can warm up then go as hard as you can for 20 minutes and take the average HR. It's a decent approximation for your threshold. From there you can work out zones that are meaningful for you, as opposed to being based on some sort of population average.
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55 and that's about where I'm at, although I do get in the low 180's on occasion..
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age here is 70,and my average ride is 45 minutes at a hr in the mid 150s told my doc last physical and he was very impressed (but did not say to stop doing it....Bud
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This was yesterday;https://app.strava.com/activities/63474346
94-124 bpm 20%
124-140 bpm 48%
140-155 bpm 31%
155+ 2%
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I am by no means an expert on cardiology, I am trying to achieve a heart rate that I was told was appropriate.
Maybe the 50+ forum is not the place for me after all if this is the kind of response I get some of you.
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Exercise at whatever heart rate you want, I could care less. I am sure that you could care less what I do as well.
I am by no means an expert on cardiology, I am trying to achieve a heart rate that I was told was appropriate.
Maybe the 50+ forum is not the place for me after all if this is the kind of response I get some of you.
I am by no means an expert on cardiology, I am trying to achieve a heart rate that I was told was appropriate.
Maybe the 50+ forum is not the place for me after all if this is the kind of response I get some of you.
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Exercise at whatever heart rate you want, I could care less. I am sure that you could care less what I do as well.
I am by no means an expert on cardiology, I am trying to achieve a heart rate that I was told was appropriate.
Maybe the 50+ forum is not the place for me after all if this is the kind of response I get some of you.
I am by no means an expert on cardiology, I am trying to achieve a heart rate that I was told was appropriate.
Maybe the 50+ forum is not the place for me after all if this is the kind of response I get some of you.
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Exercise at whatever heart rate you want, I could care less. I am sure that you could care less what I do as well.
I am by no means an expert on cardiology, I am trying to achieve a heart rate that I was told was appropriate.
Maybe the 50+ forum is not the place for me after all if this is the kind of response I get some of you.
I am by no means an expert on cardiology, I am trying to achieve a heart rate that I was told was appropriate.
Maybe the 50+ forum is not the place for me after all if this is the kind of response I get some of you.
What everyone was trying to say was that the classic formulas for max heart rate are based on the mean population. If you are a bike rider in the over 50 crowd you are not likely to be in the mean. So if you base your max heart rate on a simple formula you should probably establish your real numbers either experimentally or by doing a professionally administered test. If however, you have done this already than most of what you have gotten here is just plain old internet crapola.
So stick around and ignore the stupid responses.
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It seems to me that it isn't the subject that is sensitive, it's you. You've had an apology for the "nonsense" remark. The rest of the advice you've received in this thread is sound and entirely inoffensive.