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Originally Posted by Red Bread
The calculations are simply an average, and relatively flawed. If you have an elliptical handy, figure out your max hr by just making it go as fast as you're comfortable with and use that after a minute or two. I'm 38 and my max is 197, resting is 48. I tend to train in the 160 range and do intervals in the 190+ range. Recovery is a matter of training. If you're doing a lot of max effort, your cool down will be quite quick. If you're not accustomed to training in a particular range, cool down will take a lot longer.
The HR monitors on those machines tend to be fairly accurate, but slow to reflect change. You can get a cheap HR monitor from Polar, Garmin or others and they're a great, basic way to improve your training.
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Thanks for the explanation. I'm gonna get some numbers when I go to the gym so I can figure out a range for myself.
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Originally Posted by adobeee
You're probably putting more stress on your heart tihnking about this rather than from your exercise. hahaha :P
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Haha I'm sure