Just got back from a walk with Molly. The weather is so bad that even Molly was reluctant to walk far and was dragging her feet to walk back.
Apart from that I managed to go for a ride this morning before the weather turned to rain and wind and tested my new Garmin watch. My heart beat went up to 160 on some hills and it advised me to recover for 72 hours before my next ride. Am I right in thinking that to work out your maximum heart rate, you take your age from 240 which would be 170 for me ?
Excellent, glad to read you are enjoying it. I have a Garmin Vivoactive HR which I wear all the time. It's not a pretty thing to look at but I find it very useful. The only thing I don't use it for is cycling as I find it easier to use an HR chest strap and display the info on my Wahoo.
After my heart attack the NHS physio told me to use 220-age which for me gives a maximum of 154. What I don't understand is if this is intended as a simple guide for those with little interest that should not be exceeded or a target?
I've since read this method is largely inaccurate and know many cycling buddies have different methods of establishing the figure. I was advised with the equipment I have available to look at a hard ride. My maximum HR is 178, a figure I hit at the top of Fleetmoss which is 25% after 1.8 miles averaging 8%. We had already ridden two top 💯 climbs!
Now I don't suggest you need to do the above. The point is to find something which is personally challenging to establish your maximum and use this for your calculations.
Don't compare yourself with others. We are all different. I have several cycling buddies whose HR varies widely from mine when we ride side by side. The guy I'm meeting today will be at at 140 when I'm around 110 or less.
Use HR as a personal guide and tool.
No breeze though 
