Hi all,
I am 59 years old and have a max heart around 190...I know this because I always wear a heart rate monitor and track my heart rate consistently via strava etc. My concern is that my heart rate used to be around 180 to 182 max until last year when I noticed it increased to around 188. This was measured during a very intense 10 minute climb most of which was out of the saddle. It topped out at 188 during the top of the climb.
I would say at the time my fitness level (Jan/Feb 2020) was very high having been training (pre-covid) 4/5 times per week for 20 weeks using road sessions/turbo and trainer road to prepare for a couple of weeks in Majorca. As we all know, travel was effectively banned and out the window went all my cycling arrangements. Since then I totally stopped training and have been cycling just a couple times a week to keep some level of fitness up. From August 2020 I had 3 complete months off the bike and only started riding again in mid October. Since then I have been riding socially around 100 per week but gradually taking on more intense climb and rides.
I went on a social ride last week with a couple of friends and on one particular climb we all went for it when I recorded for the first time a heart rate of 190. At nearly 60 years old this seems quite high to me having read in theory it should be approximately 220 minus your age, which puts me a long way from the norm.
I was just wondering from all you what your thoughts were and whether you have experienced something similar - or perhaps I should seek some professional advice?
Cheers all
I am 59 years old and have a max heart around 190...I know this because I always wear a heart rate monitor and track my heart rate consistently via strava etc. My concern is that my heart rate used to be around 180 to 182 max until last year when I noticed it increased to around 188. This was measured during a very intense 10 minute climb most of which was out of the saddle. It topped out at 188 during the top of the climb.
I would say at the time my fitness level (Jan/Feb 2020) was very high having been training (pre-covid) 4/5 times per week for 20 weeks using road sessions/turbo and trainer road to prepare for a couple of weeks in Majorca. As we all know, travel was effectively banned and out the window went all my cycling arrangements. Since then I totally stopped training and have been cycling just a couple times a week to keep some level of fitness up. From August 2020 I had 3 complete months off the bike and only started riding again in mid October. Since then I have been riding socially around 100 per week but gradually taking on more intense climb and rides.
I went on a social ride last week with a couple of friends and on one particular climb we all went for it when I recorded for the first time a heart rate of 190. At nearly 60 years old this seems quite high to me having read in theory it should be approximately 220 minus your age, which puts me a long way from the norm.
I was just wondering from all you what your thoughts were and whether you have experienced something similar - or perhaps I should seek some professional advice?
Cheers all