h.r.max
terryandrewsmall@hot
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What is your h.r. max and has it decreased as you got fitter?
6 months ago mine was 194 bpm, and today i got to 182bpm flat out on treadmill on an incline ??????
6 months ago mine was 194 bpm, and today i got to 182bpm flat out on treadmill on an incline ??????
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So when you got 194 when did you record this? When you were at 182 were you a 10 on you're RPE? There are many factors that could come into this. If you weren't feeling tip top you may have felt like you were maxing out but you werent completely. Also make sure you look out for overtraining, as one of the 1st signs to notice is an inability to raise HR. But normally this is a lot lower, when I had my overtraining spell last year I couldn't elevate mind above 150! So I reckon you're fine!
Aside from the overtraining issues mentioned (along with illness, tiredness, too hot, too humid etc which can affect test results), if you get fit, as in endurance fit, it can become harder to work the body enough to get up to your Max HR - them legs and arms just won't go fast enough! This can sometimes explain why repeating an test doesn't show the same results - you would have to redefine the test to get to the point of maximum stress (i.e. try hard, longer, with more reps/steep hill or whatever). I suspect this may well be the case here - you need to put that treadmill on its steepest incline, or work you way up to it...
There's an interesting bit in the Triathlete's Training Bible where it talks about how it wasn't so long ago when anyone over 40 was advised to start taking life easy due to their age!
it may be a number of factors as mentioned by most, tiredness, not enough soreen ect...
i tend to train within zones so i dont push myself too hard ( a problem of mine ) so what i'd like to know is shall i keep my existing max h.r. or replace it with my new one as this will change which zone im in?
I started off a 220-Age. Then, as each time I hit new highs, I put it up. Never bothered to lower it.
What is you Perceived Effort (RPE) telling you?
well my h.monitor was telling me i was going a little over adverage ( training effort 3.3 out of 5 ) but i was blitzing it running at 15kmh and an incline, however this means if my max h.r. is to high then this would make sense and ive been over training for a while instead of improving base training...