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Jan 2007
8:36pm, 3 Jan 2007
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eL Bee!,
Are you sure? - according to my calculations, its %max WHR - ties into the calculations which I followed from the Compleat Idiots book.
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Jan 2007
8:52pm, 3 Jan 2007
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JB - have looked a little closer, and I stand corrected!
Sorry about that
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Jan 2007
9:01pm, 3 Jan 2007
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elderberry - It's really difficult to get your HR up to your Max on a bike (static or otherwise). I'm not quite sure of the reasons why, I'm sure the serious bikists amongst us will have an explanation.
It may be to do with the fact that cycling is a non load-bearing activity.
If you can get to the point of seriously burning legs, I think that 'wimp' is not a term that can be applied to you
If you were to run and have the same burning in your legs - your HR would be quite a lot higher.
Kieren is right - there IS a potential risk in doing a MaxHR test - but only if you have an undiagnosed cardiac condition!
It's the same risk that applied to the apparently healthy youngsters who died at GNR.
Interestingly, there were no stats in the news about the number of people in the crowd that keeled over tho!
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Jan 2007
9:26pm, 3 Jan 2007
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Well, that's good news - so once I get my knee sorted out, try maxing up a hill, then go on from there. Sounds like a plan.
I have been unfit for sometime, so not expecting speedy progress, but none the less - onwards
Thanks again.
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Jan 2007
9:27pm, 3 Jan 2007
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pabc,
sounds like a plan to me. Similar to what I did for Nottingham and will do for Prague, although I may aim for 3:30
eb, I don't consider myself as knowing so much to be honest, I'm no expert, I just read quite a bit, listen to other people who DO know a lot and experiment to see what's right for me
elbee is right about the risk of doing a max HR test. The heart in healthy people will quite happily go up to it's maximum pumping rate with no adverse effects.
People do keel over and die and yes it is sometimes due to their heart giving up but it is because they had something wrong with them to start with. Look at elite athletes that push their heart to its limit every day in competition - how many have you seen keel over with a heart attack?
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Jan 2007
9:29pm, 3 Jan 2007
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Oh and eb, how do you think we could forget you after such a lovely photo?
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Jan 2007
9:35pm, 3 Jan 2007
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B.B.
(Creep)
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Jan 2007
9:49pm, 3 Jan 2007
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BB, just stating fact
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Jan 2007
9:49pm, 3 Jan 2007
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B.B.
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Jan 2007
10:02pm, 3 Jan 2007
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you're both nuts !
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