If you like to do cardiovascular exercise within a specific heart rate threshold (to achieve maximum fat burning or endurance), know that there’s an alternative heart rate formula that may work better for you.
Readers of Zero to Superhero will know the standard formula for determining your estimated maximum heart rate (MHR) is 220 - age. It’s been a serviceable yardstick of heart health for eons, but a new study from the University of Colorado found this formula overestimates MHR for people under 40 years old, and overestimates for those over 40. The proposed alt.formula is: .
Below are the most commonly accepted exercise thresholds, aka the Fox and Haskell formula.
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