How to Calculate Maximum Heartrate

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Tip 1 - What is My Maximum Heart Rate?

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Vahid Mohseni | permalink

Hi Doc! I started training for marathons four years ago and I’m running my fourth this fall. My question is -- how high is too high for a heart rate? I'm almost 52 years old, 5’10” and 186 lbs. I run relatively slow (5:44 marathon last year) and never ran distance before I started four years ago. Most of the time my Garmin shows me at about 160 beats per minute during a work out - a few times it’s inched over 170. I use the Galloway walk-run method and during the walk breaks my heart rate drops to 140 or below.
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For further reading: http://www.runnersworld.com/health/what-is-my-maximum-heart-rate ^[1]

Tip 2 - Max Heart Rate | How to Calculate Max Heart Rate - Builtlean

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Elise Veldboer | permalink

There are a number of different ways to measure exercise intensity, but using your max heart rate to create target training zones is the most common and reliable...

For further reading: http://www.builtlean.com/2010/05/25/how-to-calculate-your-max-heart-rate/ ^[2]