Heart rate high?

[billy1561]

Hi all.
On my ride today i hit a peak of 225 heart rate pushing hard on a local hill. Now my supposed max heart rate (220-age) is 169. I have had 171 this year once but nothing this high. Is this likely to be an erroneous reading from my garmin edge 800 or did it actually get this high?
Thanks

 

[Thomk]

You are dead or it's an error I think.

 

[Rob3rt]

Likely an error on the Garmin's part. If your HR was 40-50 beats above your previously recorded max, then I would expect you would feel something physical and likely firmly planted on the unpleasant side of the spectrum of physical sensation!

 

[bicyclos]

You havent been taking advice from Dr. Fuentes by any chance..........

 

[billy1561]

No lads i feel great actually it just puzzled me why the sudden change especially while the rest of the stats are relatively normal
Here is the ride if it makes any sense to you guys!
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/225653651
Thanks for the replies

 

[Rob3rt]

It is a glitch!

 

[ACW]

depending on the ecg pattern some devices can count a single waveform as 2 beats, so more like 112 bpm than 225

 

[SportMonkey]

You tend to get a stupidly high BHP reading with a low battery.

 

[The Jogger]

Overhead cables can cause a spike.

 

[billy1561]

Overhead cables can cause a spike.

Good point, but the same ride the previous week was 'normal'

 

[black'n'yellow]

Hi all.
On my ride today i hit a peak of 225 heart rate pushing hard on a local hill. Now my supposed max heart rate (220-age) is 169. I have had 171 this year once but nothing this high. Is this likely to be an erroneous reading from my garmin edge 800 or did it actually get this high?
Thanks

probably an error - but your 220-age figure is also a fairly worthless gauge of your actual max HR...especially if you've already seen a higher figure...

 

[billy1561]

probably an error - but your 220-age figure is also a fairly worthless gauge of your actual max HR...especially if you've already seen a higher figure...

without getting into a scientific debate regarding the 220 -age i haven't seen anything remotely this strange on my previous rides.
I do agree it's a very rough guide to my max HR but it's all i have to go on for now, and yeah it looks like some kind of blip to me too

 

[black'n'yellow]

without getting into a scientific debate regarding the 220 -age i haven't seen anything remotely this strange on my previous rides.
I do agree it's a very rough guide to my max HR but it's all i have to go on for now, and yeah it looks like some kind of blip to me too

if you've seen 171 then presumably you already realise that 169 is not your true max HR. 220-age gives you a number which could be up to 15bpm out either way...

 

[billy1561]

if you've seen 171 then presumably you already realise that 169 is not your true max HR. 220-age gives you a number which could be up to 15bpm out either way...

Absolutely. So + 15 bpm would give circa 184 max HR. Still doesn't explain the 225 or indeed the 192 slightly earlier in the ride... Other than an error which you suggested which i agree with.

 

[black'n'yellow]

I suppose the thing to bear in mind is how you actually feel when you see those readings. Do you feel as though you are at max HR when you see readings as high as that? Being at max is not something you could sustain for any longer than a few seconds.

My guess is the 225 is erroneous. By the sound of it, you need to go out and do a proper max HR test, if only to establish what your true max actually is...