Heart rate

I have been drooling over the Garmin Forerunner 305. I am pretty close to buying one. Basically I have decided I will buy one…I am just not sure when.

The *real* reason I want one is because of all the data I can get my hands on if I do. It tracks all kinds of neato crap. Using GPS you can get distance and speed type stuff. It also has a heat rate monitor.

There was a time when I had memorized a bunch of heart rate information for working out at the proper intensity for what I wanted to accomplish, but I have long since forgotten it.

This morning I decided to look around online and get suggestions. According to that article, a good rule of thumb for determining Max Heart Rate (for men) is:

214 - (.8 * age)


For me this works out to 186.0.

Now we can calculate some of the training zones..for me :)

60% to 70% (Easy): 111.6 – 130.2
70% to 80% (Aerobic): 130.2 – 148.8
80% to 90% (Anaerobic): 148.8 – 167.4
90% to 100% (Certain death): 167.4 – 186.0