heart beat - Page 2

No, you cannot.

"Mel Rimmer" <mel.rimmer@timelord.org.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <cb3ugb$g79$1@reader08.wxs.nl>, frits manders
> <long_ago@faraway.com> writes
> >
> >Thanks Phil, I forgot to mention that the computer was
> >pre-programmed to use the well-known formula '220-<age>'
> >So what I understand you are saying, if I can reach a
> >certain HR, that is
by
> >definition my maximum heart rate, and we shouldn't be
> >dogmatic about it..
So
> >I will see what I can do and go for an all-out run. Hope
> >it doesn't kill
me.
>
> So you can use the formula the other way around and say
> "If I have known MHR of 200 then I have the fitness of a
> 20-year-old"?
> --
> Mel Rimmer

Mel Rimmer wrote in message ...
>In article <cb3ugb$g79$1@reader08.wxs.nl>, frits manders
><long_ago@faraway.com> writes
>>
>>Thanks Phil, I forgot to mention that the computer was pre-
>>programmed to use the well-known formula '220-<age>' So
>>what I understand you are saying, if I can reach a certain
>>HR, that is
by
>>definition my maximum heart rate, and we shouldn't be
>>dogmatic about it..
So
>>I will see what I can do and go for an all-out run. Hope
>>it doesn't kill
me.
>
>So you can use the formula the other way around and say
>"If I have known MHR of 200 then I have the fitness of a
>20-year-old"?
>--
>Mel Rimmer

Everyone is born with a different maximum heart rate and
stroke volume. Some people with low max HR have more
efficient hearts, so it means nothing. While max HR declines
with age, the better condition you maintain over your
lifetime, the less it will decline. Only by comparing your
HR at 20 to your HR later in life can you make a comparison.