The workout thread
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Envious!
Just skippin' rope. My max (according to my FitBit, anyway) is 165. Usually by the end of each set I'm at 160+.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Klaus Well, FitBits might not be the most accurate. I have a pulse oximeter, so I'll double check next workout.
And, up to a month ago, I was the most sedentary I had ever been in my life. FitBit tells me my heart health is back up to "average to good," but I'm nowhere near as in shape as I've been before. So I dunno what it's supposed to be, I just go out five days a week and do my best.
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@George-K said in The workout thread:
@Klaus said in The workout thread:
165?
Wouldn’t that be extraordinary low for your age? I thought it’s usually around 220-age.
Assume Aqua is 35. That would mean a heart rate of 185.
That's fast, really really fast.
George, my resting is 53, FWIW.
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The purple line is where I started at a month ago. This is FitBit's "cardio fitness score," not heart rate.
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Hey, you learn something every day - I never knew that was available on the Fitbit.
Even better, it says mine is Excellent, which considering the winter I've had, is a tad optimistic, I think
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A couple of things about heart rate. 220-age is usually good but some people have unusually high heart rates when workin out. This is not related to physical condition.
As far as max for people it usually is related to physical condition. People in really good shape can attain 80% of max for a sustained period of time and 85% of max can be a good target for longer races. Most people struggle staying over 90% for long because one goes anaerobic. Once the lactic acid comes you are going fail, probably life saving brake.
Fitbits, garmin on the watch can be bad for measuring heart rate while working out, the highs are notoriously artificial. You need a chest strap to be sure.
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I've used a chest strap and find that it pretty much agrees with the Fitbit.
I think the best way to determine your actual maximum heart rate is to work out until you're just on the verge of a coronary, but don't actually have one, so you'll know for next time. If you do have one, you'll know for a short period of time with absolute certainty what the maximum is, but that shows Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle in action, since the measurement will have modified your maximum heart rate, possibly to zero.
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@Rich
That´s awesome, Rich! Great pace.Were you registered for any spring races? I have a coworker who was registered for the Tokyo marathon, which of course was cancelled.
I´m not a marathon person, but I was signed up for a half marathon in May in St. Michael´s, MD--flattest Half on the East Coast
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@Optimistic said in The workout thread:
@Rich
That´s awesome, Rich! Great pace.Were you registered for any spring races? I have a coworker who was registered for the Tokyo marathon, which of course was cancelled.
I´m not a marathon person, but I was signed up for a half marathon in May in St. Michael´s, MD--flattest Half on the East Coast
Registration will defer to next year.Yeah a 7:24 pace for a casual long run is killer. Anybody doing that could qualify for Boston with a good training program.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:
The purple line is where I started at a month ago. This is FitBit's "cardio fitness score," not heart rate.
Mine says ‘very good to excellent’ but basically the same numerical range as yours. I guess it’s age related.
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Part of it is, yeah.
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@jon-nyc said in The workout thread:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:
The purple line is where I started at a month ago. This is FitBit's "cardio fitness score," not heart rate.
Mine says ‘very good to excellent’ but basically the same numerical range as yours. I guess it’s age related.
That is VO2max. There are charts by age you can google. Mine says it puts me at the age of a 20 year old. Really low resting heart rate too. I had a vascular study of my carotid, heart and leg veins via ultrasound after a friend in shape died of a stroke in his sleep. Probably worth it as you age.
VO2 max is considered the best measurement of aerobic fitness.
