Be Still My Heart
In a conscious effort to avoid accidentally killing myself on the mountain bike, I gave my cardiologist a call to determine what my heatbeat should be while riding.
Here's the math:
A = 220 - Age = Maximum Heartbeat Rate Allowed (Translation: At 220 years of age you are dead because you have no heartbeat!)
B = Heartbeat rate before you get out of bed in the morning (Translation: If the value is zero you are already dead because you have no heartbeat.)
C = A - B
D = 0.75 x C
E = D + B = Target Exercise Heartbeat Rage (Provided, of course, that A, B and C are all positive, non-zero numbers.)
For me that comes to about 160 beats/minute maximum and 140 beats/minute sustained.
Hmmmm. Be still, my heart. Maybe I can buy a lower set of gears for the bike.
Or, perhaps a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Here's the math:
A = 220 - Age = Maximum Heartbeat Rate Allowed (Translation: At 220 years of age you are dead because you have no heartbeat!)
B = Heartbeat rate before you get out of bed in the morning (Translation: If the value is zero you are already dead because you have no heartbeat.)
C = A - B
D = 0.75 x C
E = D + B = Target Exercise Heartbeat Rage (Provided, of course, that A, B and C are all positive, non-zero numbers.)
For me that comes to about 160 beats/minute maximum and 140 beats/minute sustained.
Hmmmm. Be still, my heart. Maybe I can buy a lower set of gears for the bike.
Or, perhaps a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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