Am I working too hard? 160 bpm avg?
03-01-22, 09:20 PM
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Banned.
I was able to average 180 bpm in one hour ride peaking at 210 but not sure if that is normal / common at my age of 43. My calculated MHR should be at 187.
I only do it when temperatures are low enough. At summer temps, I avoid it due to risk of heatstroke.
I only do it when temperatures are low enough. At summer temps, I avoid it due to risk of heatstroke.
03-01-22, 09:27 PM
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03-03-22, 07:03 PM
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Where have all the riders gone, long time passing . . .
03-04-22, 06:10 AM
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Just so you are aware, your max HR is not trainable i.e. it doesn't increase as you get fitter. To all intents and purposes it's a fixed hard-wired number. You just haven't found your personal limit yet! There is also a very wide variation in max HR among athletes at the same fitness level. One guy could have a max HR of 220 and another down at 180 or less with identical fitness/performance. So you can't really compare yourself to others in this regard. They are personal numbers. What you will notice as you get fitter is a lower resting HR and lower HR for a given perceived/measured power output. So you might for example be putting out 200W with a HR of 170 bpm and then after some training find that you can produce 200W at 160 bpm. That's a very simplified example as HR can be affected by many variables on a given day, but that's the basic idea.
03-04-22, 10:07 AM
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03-06-22, 11:59 AM
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Their last post was in 2013.
https://www.bikeforums.net/15994687-post10.html
Though I suppose if you get them actively participating here again, then that'll be a good thing.
Edit....
Gosh I embarrassed them so much they deleted their post that provoked this comment. I should have quoted it I suppose so it'd be obvious what I was blathering about!
https://www.bikeforums.net/15994687-post10.html
Though I suppose if you get them actively participating here again, then that'll be a good thing.
Edit....
Gosh I embarrassed them so much they deleted their post that provoked this comment. I should have quoted it I suppose so it'd be obvious what I was blathering about!
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