Does any one do max heart rate training anymore? I don't think that the 26 year old Coach realizes there is a difference between 220-26= her max hr and 220-50= mine. I am not sure I would recognize heart palpitations with some of the short interval work we get.
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In HS and college I would regularly and easily get above 200 in the pool, now I have a very hard time getting above 170, kind of depressing really.
My theory is that maximum heart rate levels go down, because we do not use it. The vast majority of all excercises is aerobic in nature (even swimming is 95% in that area) - which also lowers the MHR. I could not find any research on this - I would really like to see how Masters sprinters (running) compare in something like this. I have seen some random articles where people have maintained the MHR well into their 60s.
I agree - this is one of the reasons practice times and race times seem to be much closer than they used to be. :dunno:
In HS and college I would regularly and easily get above 200 in the pool, now I have a very hard time getting above 170, kind of depressing really.
My theory is that maximum heart rate levels go down, because we do not use it. The vast majority of all excercises is aerobic in nature (even swimming is 95% in that area) - which also lowers the MHR. I could not find any research on this - I would really like to see how Masters sprinters (running) compare in something like this. I have seen some random articles where people have maintained the MHR well into their 60s.
I agree - this is one of the reasons practice times and race times seem to be much closer than they used to be. :dunno:
