Heart Rate question

[tsagona]

I was reading on the http://www.briancalkins.com/HeartRate.htm website to figure out my HR. It says that I should workout between 127 - 166 with my max HR being 172. What! I'm above that most of the time. Cathe's cardio workouts have me in the 180s and I can't stay there long but I spend most of my time in the 170s.

Where are yall on your HRMs. Do I need to back off a bit? I just can't imagine working out in the 130-166 range for the duration of the workout. I won't feel like I've done anything.

Tell me how yall are doing. I don't want to kill myself by working out in the 170s for the greatest part of my workout.

Thanks,
Tracy

 

[Alana_as]

Well I'm right there with you actually! When I'm doing her workouts, I never go below 165bmp! and at the highest I'll be in the 180's as well. But I it seems if I don't go that high for 20 mins or so, I don't really sweat! I feel like busting a sweat really makes me feel like I'm working hard ya know?!

 

[lrayburn]

Those calculations are just general guidelines. Anyone's particular max heart rate and so target heart rates may be different. Check out the Cardio Coach website - somewhere in there I think he explains how to calculate your own individual max heart rate. I've never bothered - I just go by my rate of perceived exertion.

Lisa

 

[tsagona]

The cardio coach website is where I went to got these numbers. They actually are about the same as what my HRM tells me. As for the perceived exertion, when I'm to the point where I'm really gasping I look at my HRM to see where I am and it's in the lower 180s. When I'm in the mid 160s I'm breathing but I can still talk.

I think I'm just going to try to stay within the range given on the cardio coach website for a couple of weeks and see if I notice any difference in fat loss. However, I know I have to push beyond those levels to increase my endurance levels.

Tracy

 

[nicolegadino]

At the gym when you take a class and its high intensity and they make you pause for 10 seconds, count the beats and mulitply by 10, that's how I alwasy did it. And I was always around 170 or 180.
I use a Polar HRM and I had to manually set my low and high because the general was to low. I set it low and high between 144 and 185 so I would get a more accurate reading. I am always in 170 and above with Cathe's workouts.