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HR Zone Advice

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  • November 20, 2012 at 10:27 am #17308
    Swami Dave

    Hi,

    Having a bit of difficulty establishing ‘correct’ heart rate zones on a Garmin Edge 500 (5 zones available). As is usual with the internets, there is a wealth of conflicting advice out there. Garmin suggest zone 1 starting as low as 50% of MaxHR which seems to contradict the majority of sources that place the start of zone 1 at around 60%. Garmin’s own manual cites the five zones as being 50, 60, 70, 80 & 90% of MaxHR, which seems oversimplified.

    Anyone have any advice on percentage values? Thanks!

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  • November 21, 2012 at 7:25 am #707073
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    OldnSlo

    Yep, karvonen or slight
    Yep, karvonen or slight variations of it which take into account your resting heart rate. Basically it’s 220 – your age. your maximum hr is 80% of that figure. Have a look at http://www.pponline.com (you don’t have to subscribe). A normal interval session for me takes me slightly over my max hr
    but less than 5%.
    Enjoy

    November 20, 2012 at 2:31 pm #707071
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    Cycleoptic

    I also use her karvonen
    I also use her karvonen method as I have a low resting heart rate.

    This gives a percentage using working range max-min,

    Just use as a very rough guide and see how it feels?

    Steve

    November 20, 2012 at 1:10 pm #707069
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    therevokid

    i just put my rest and max
    i just put my rest and max into my 800 and let it sort out the “mess” 🙂

    November 20, 2012 at 11:15 am #707067
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    Swami Dave

    Just checked Garmin’s site
    Just checked Garmin’s site again and it quotes its zones as %HRR values (using Karvonen) not MaxHR, which makes a bit more sense. I may not have read the manual properly.

    *cough*

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