gbnz wrote: ↑27 May 2021, 9:18pm
So 85 to 95% of max heart rate, over what time five minutes five hours?
We are talking of continuous exercise not five minutes then five minutes rest et cetera.
(gbnz post)A quick 60 minutes continuous exercise @ 85% max heart,
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so just to clarify you are averaging 85% of your maximum heart rate for the first hour?
The only way I think I could do that is possibly running (I never use the heart rate monitor when doing marathon training et cetera) or Onabike.
I have in the past averaged 85% over 2 1/2 to 3 hours (but I found that heart rate average can vary by as much as maybe 8 to 10 bpm from session to session that's a figure for the average) So same ride same time can be as low as 76%.
The first problem you will need to over come is that you have to get your heart rate up in the first place!
It takes me about 10 minutes I have done as little as 6 to get my heart rate up to 85% from scratch with no warmup whatsoever.
You say gym training?
I am interested in what type of training in the gym you're doing to achieve that 85%?
My only gym training was ever circuit training,Floor exercises pull ups situps rope climbs star jumps et cetera et cetera.
it seems or maybe I'm wrong that the only way of achieving cardio workout is to use the large leg muscles?
It's an exercise which uses those muscles continuously and rhythmically?
But I suppose it's possible that if you're built like Arnold Schwarzenegger gym work might achieve that
I am struggling at the moment on the bike lack of training old-age medication et cetera et cetera.
To me struggling is only averaging 70-77% over two hours 50 minutes, I said struggling as my power output and strength seem to have taken a dip for a couple of years now, but I don't regard my training as overdoing it.
So 80% average over 8 to 10 hours a week is not over doing it for me.
I suppose it's all about level of fitness, people talk about getting your heart rate up but unfortunately have to get fit 1st to be able to maintain or even get a high heart rate for more than about five minutes.
A brisk forced 5 mile walk, can achieve 65% for me, But that's my limit.
I find as I'm getting older it's difficult to maintain fitness, and then there is that old chestnut Use it or lose it