I just bought a heart rate monitor this past week to help me train for my first IM. I am trying to figure out what my settings should be.
I did an age calculation as I am 28....it would be: 220-28 for 192. But when I put that in, my max for the optimum training zone was 152...I break that quite easily.
My resting heart rate is about 49 as I have done a bunch of marathons. Does anyone know a good way to figure out what my max heart rate is?
On another note, when I start my runs...my heart rate monitor jumps up to 220 for a short time...I don't think that is a correct number...as I would probably start having seizures if that were my actual heart rate. Is there some sort of problem with my monitor...I have the Timex Speed and Distance.
I did an age calculation as I am 28....it would be: 220-28 for 192. But when I put that in, my max for the optimum training zone was 152...I break that quite easily.
My resting heart rate is about 49 as I have done a bunch of marathons. Does anyone know a good way to figure out what my max heart rate is?
On another note, when I start my runs...my heart rate monitor jumps up to 220 for a short time...I don't think that is a correct number...as I would probably start having seizures if that were my actual heart rate. Is there some sort of problem with my monitor...I have the Timex Speed and Distance.