, jogged 3 minutes then another fast run for 3 minutes and found my maximum heart rate for both fast runs was only 175 bpm (even though I was absoloutely destroyed afterwards)! My resting rate is about 57 bpm and I'm a bit worried that when I go up hils

. During your second run you should get a higher maximum reading than with any other method – although you or a helper should use a heart rate monitor to take readings throughout the interval, because your pulse may peak before the finish.

I've been running for about 3 years now and have finally got round to using a Forerunner 405 and the heart rate monitor.  I've been doing some tests to establish resting and maximum heart rate.  My resting rate is about 62 bpm, however my maximum

I'm just trying to set up my heart rate monitor and I'm not sure how to calculate my maximum heart rate - can anybody point me in the right direction please?  Cheers I think there are some protocols on the site here. Look under the training tab

I recently bought a heart rate monitor so I could see how hard I was working and be make sure I wasn't taking it too easy!I woked out my maximum heart rate using 220 minus my age(33)=187. I was alarmed to see after an easy run, on which I was able

According to the HRM training zone calculator, I should have have a miximum heart rate of 190bpm. However, my heart rate monitor says I reached a maximum of 217bpm during a training run. How can I work out what my maximum heart rate really is? I

I am 40 (male) and have taken up running about 4 months ago. Part of this has involved using a Polar HRM and I have a question about my maximum heart rate.According to age the standard formulas say that my max rate is around 180. I understand

ascent you should hit maximum heart rate.Obviously, if you want to find your max you've got to really push yourself, but it's the effort and the duration here that should do the trick.It seems to have worked for me. Haven't had a higher reading since

Hi All,I am curious about whole max heart rate thing.Is it really the maximum your heart beats?What are the conciquences(SP?) if it goes higher?The reason I ask is at age 31 my max heart rate is (220-31) 189 BPMYet on saturday I did a 10k (My first

- age my maximum heart rate should be around 196. However, since I have heard that this formala can be inacurate I measured my heart rate when doing some intense interval training. My heart rate went up to 237. Can this be right? I tried it again a