Heart rate worries

[Stu Plows]

Not the usual thread you get about heart rates I guess.

Went out Saturday on a club ride, finally I am now able to track my HR with a monitor (Garmin 800), I rode pretty slow in my opinion compared to some rides that I have done in the past. But when it came to some of the hills to climb, I put the effort in on some to push myself, questionably I may have put max effort on some.

Having reviewed the data from the ride, it actually appears I've gone over my apparent Max Heart rate on one occasion and 1bpm off quite a few times... albeit for a short period of time. Having used all of the variations of calculators online, they actually make my worries worse.

I'm 25, weigh 95kgs, and resting HR is 60bpm. Highest indicated MHR online is 195bpm.

Below is a data screenshot from Saturday's ride.

Any advice? Guess the obvious one is to slow down?

 

[Crackle]

You've been using the 220-age formula haven't you: If you'd exceeded your mhr, you'd be dead, your true mhr is obviously higher. Google ramp test to find out how you get your mhr.

 

[HLaB]

What you believed was your Max Heart Rate wasn't, don't worry sensors can be wrong anyway

Edit FWIW I'm 38 and my Max HR is 201bpm and I'm not dead yet (I hope so anyway!)

 

[Stu Plows]

Well yeah, I guessed I can't actually exceed the MHR else yeah, it'd just explode lol. I've used a few other calculations like 207 - (0.711 x your age) = MHR. Clearly that doesn't work either lol.

I'll look at the Ramp test.

 

[fossyant]

You are 25, it's going to run a bit high. I could do about 205 up some hills at your age. It's down to 190/195 now I'm 44, but it's still nothing like the formula.

Don't worry. Your average HR is OK. Stop stressing - just ride.

 

[Herzog]

Max heart rate is pretty unimportant - even with an incredibly accurate figure, it tells you very little of note. More important is the lactate threshold heart rate.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

That's quite low

 

[cbs]

I'm no doctor, so whatever I say is just opinion rather than medical fact, but I would say that the graph looks fine - your heart rate is reacting normally to stress (in the exertion sense, not anxiety), and is recovering when you ease off. It's about finding out what is normal for you...

 

[Fab Foodie]

Ditch the electronic junk and just ride yer bike ....

 

[ianrauk]

Ditch the electronic junk and just ride yer bike ....

Radical....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Radical....

I know ... I'm such a retro thinker ....

 

[Milzy]

I get low 200's when hammering steep climbs.

 

[Stu Plows]

Thanks for putting my mind a rest all!

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

I'm 53 and my heart rate has hit 208 on the turbo trainer - still here.