Maximum Heart Rate

[GmanUK65]

A couple of years ago I got a heart rate monitor for my hybrid and used it for a few months. Now Ive bought a road bike and starting to take up cycling more seriously where I can see myself eventually cycling 200+ miles a day, but for me to do this I will have to use my heart rate monitor again to train myself in keeping my heart rate mainly at 65 - 85% of my HRM to keep in the bounds of carbohydrate energy usage and sometimes 85 - 94% to help raise my lactate threshold.

Because I haven't used the heart rate moniter for a year or two does this mean my HRM would be different?
How often should somebody check their HRM?

 

[Rob3rt]

Ride your bike more.

 

[berty bassett]

thats a hell of a commute !

 

[Crackle]

How often should you do a ramp test? The less the better...

I doubt two years will make any difference.

 

[Rob3rt]

Toss a coin!

 

[Dusty Bin]

Your max HR won't have changed much, if any, in a couple of years - and if you are training via %max then one or two beats difference is neither here nor there anyway.

200+ miles a day sounds ambitious, unless you have plans for audaxes like LEL or PBP.

 

[HLaB]

A couple of years ago I got a heart rate monitor for my hybrid and used it for a few months. Now Ive bought a road bike and starting to take up cycling more seriously where I can see myself eventually cycling 200+ miles a day, but for me to do this I will have to use my heart rate monitor again to train myself in keeping my heart rate mainly at 65 - 85% of my HRM to keep in the bounds of carbohydrate energy usage and sometimes 85 - 94% to help raise my lactate threshold.

Because I haven't used the heart rate moniter for a year or two does this mean my HRM would be different?
How often should somebody check their HRM?

The rough guide is your max HR falls by 1bpm per year, going on the minus age formula but thats pretty basic.

How often should you check your HRM, thats up to you, I like to ride how I feel on a ride and check it when I get back perhaps.

 

[GmanUK65]

Your max HR won't have changed much, if any, in a couple of years - and if you are training via %max then one or two beats difference is neither here nor there anyway.

200+ miles a day sounds ambitious, unless you have plans for audaxes like LEL or PBP.

I am planning to do the LEL in a couple of years time but I will have to train myself to be able to do 200 milers back to back before I do this

 

[fossyant]

Just ride your bike more. What Robert says is all you need to do.

 

[Rob3rt]

Count the hairs on the back of your thumb!

 

[Dusty Bin]

Just ride your bike more. What Robert says is all you need to do.

To be fair though, that wasn't what was asked. The question related to HR.

 

[Rob3rt]

To be fair though, that wasn't what was asked. The question related to HR.

Sometimes people ask the wrong questions!

 

[Dusty Bin]

Possibly, but I don't see what is wrong with using HR to improve your aerobic and LT fitness.

 

[michaelcycle]

Once at the start of your training programme and then again a couple of weeks in to ensure a consistent result (as there are a number of factors which can affect your result making it hard to gauge accurately).

After that I wouldn't worry too much about MHR.

 

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

Once at the start of your training programme and then again a couple of weeks in to ensure a consistent result (as there are a number of factors which can affect your result making it hard to gauge accurately).

After that I wouldn't worry too much about MHR.

What are you on about? If you're going to train via HR and in zones based off a known maximum - how are you meant to know(during training) that you aren't above or below the selected zone for the ride if you don't wear it?

There also can't ever be a "consistent result" HR varies day to day due to anything from caffeine intake to stress.

pst doesn't help that the original question, is phrased entirely wrongly.