New way to calcuate max. HR

[alpinerabbit]

Using this formula, I get to 184. I know my max is 193 or thereabouts.

so much for that one - the 220-age (same result) is no more accurate for me.

[Tri Girl]

Interesting, but I'm the same as Alpine. I know my max is far above the 184 that formula has me at. Why, oh, why can't there be a perfect formula?

[LBTC]

Why, oh, why can't there be a perfect formula?

Because for every complex problem there is an fast, easy, cheap, solution that's wrong.

Hugs & butterflies,
~T~

[HappyAnika]

I'm similar to Alpine, this formula gives me 186, I can get to 187 doing sprint intervals (running) and not feel like I'm going to die. I think my max is somewhere around 193 or 194.

[GLC1968]

That formula gave me 180.8. 220-age is 181. Not much difference there!

But I like to be the loan dissenter - it's damn close to correct for me. My max was figured to be about 180 in a live test using a treadmill.

[Jiffer]

As for the "220 - age" method, I have read on several sites that 220 is for men, but women should use 226. This makes more sense for me and probably a lot of you who say your max is higher than the calculations tell you.

[newfsmith]

Doesn't make much difference for me; 166.7 by the new formula, 166 by the old female formula. My heart rate monitor quit working last year, but my average commute HR then was 180.