[Nate Bender]

Nate Bender on March 27, 2018 at 10:16 pm · in reply to: Tracking workouts, with and without extra weight #8910

Hey Frantik – thanks for passing along the insight from that other post. I’m trying to read up on this as much as I can, do you know which post Scott outlined those thoughts in originally? I’d love to read it.

[Nate Bender]

Nate Bender on January 23, 2017 at 8:18 am · in reply to: Max HR determination…Do you need it? #3954

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the detailed feedback. Yes, I’ve been interested in determining my max heart rate in order to determine my different training zones, and also to double-check the results from the separate AeT and AnT tests I’ve done. Having never done any of this sort of testing or really paid attention to my heart rate at all before, I wanted to make sure the results I was getting were valid, or at least in the range of possibility.

I 100% understand that using any sort of standardized formula to determine max heart rate will not be accurate. I was only using those formulas to give myself an idea of the range my max heart rate should theoretically be in, again just trying to find ways to double-check my test results.

Reading your response I realize now that I was too focused on determining my training zones as percentages of my max heart rate, and should really just trust the results I get from the AeT and AnT tests. Since posting that initial question, I’ve signed up to test these thresholds with a blood lactate & gas exchange test at the local university (I’ll likely do this later this week), so your recommendation makes me feel confident I’m making the right decision.

And re: ConMan, I agree — some articles on interpreting the results from such tests is a great suggestion for the site.