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Jan 2007
11:23pm, 1 Jan 2007
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elderberry - if you push yourself to do the second sprint up the hill - yes, you'll feel like you're going to die - yes you'll get the pounding thing in your head - and yes your legs will feel all Jelly-like....
BUT
You'll be much closer to you MHR than by doing it the once
:D
It's a horrible thing to do - but if you want to use a HRM to it's potential, then it's worth doing - otherwise you'll undertrain with it!!!!!!
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Jan 2007
11:23pm, 1 Jan 2007
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so why doesn't my garmin beep that I've reached max? I don't feel like i can put any more in everything is screaming or am i doing something wrong? Sorry EB - railroaded on your thread.
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Jan 2007
11:25pm, 1 Jan 2007
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go for it Emmi - it's all good stuff
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Jan 2007
11:28pm, 1 Jan 2007
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emmilou - probably because you haven't set the HR limits manually!
And you haven't tested your MHR
I train with a HRM
my MHR is 207 - and I'm 40
Which means that my 'theoretical' MHR (180) is in fact 86% MHR - the point at which I'm just about doing my Lactate Threshold runs!!!!
Without testing it - you won't know if your MHR is higher OR lower than the equation says
Either way you won't be using the HRM for anything other than charting meaningless numbers
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Jan 2007
11:29pm, 1 Jan 2007
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doh!! thanks EB *bugger got to find a few hills to run up!!*
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Jan 2007
7:28am, 2 Jan 2007
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runnerbean
my resting heart rate was 60 but been checking it in the last week before i get up and it's now 40/43.am i now super fit?:-)
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Jan 2007
7:51am, 2 Jan 2007
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Gobi
How your HR drops during reps is a real guide to how fit you are.
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Jan 2007
9:23am, 2 Jan 2007
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A good shuttle run sprint session will do it as well Tarange.
Howsoever you do it - it's hard work and you have to push yourself as near 100% effort as you can.
But if you want to use a HRM to structure your training - it's worth that short period of 'discomfort'!!
runnerbean - it shows that your Stroke Volume (the amount of blood that your heart pumps out every beat) is improved.
But Gobi is right, the True guide to fitness - rather than increased Cardiovascular Efficiency - is the recovery rate.
If after a hard run/session you finish with a HR of, say 180, and 10 minutes later it's still at 170, your fitness needs improving.
Even if your RHR is 35!
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Jan 2007
10:21am, 2 Jan 2007
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Footpad
My max HR seems to be way to high.... I have reached 205 when i almost threw up with the effort, since I am 40+ I just stick that in as my MHR. Did test that a few months ago tho 
My min has dropped from 70 to 53 tho in the last 6 months!!!
Time to recalibrate the HRM I feel.
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Jan 2007
11:02am, 2 Jan 2007
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B.B.
Good thread.
It's worth noting that your Max HR is more to do with genetics than training. It is what it is. That's why it's really important to calculate your own actual max rather than using 220-age or 205-half age.
Mine is 203 vs theoretical 195ish
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