It was my first day ride with my Garmin, I did a 20mile loop. Got home, didn't feel tired at all and didn't think it was particularly hard but my HR chart looked like this.
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My average was 172 BPM, 93% of my capacity. Does it look right? You can let you have a look at the full profile if you wish too. I think it's quite high, for a 23 mile ride as my av speed was 15mph. But I didn't have the autos top turned on so it's not that accurate.
Bit scary huh?
Time to get fit and lay off the pies eh?
😀
Are you a youngster?
What do you think is your Max heart rate?
❓eyerideit - MemberMy average was 172 BPM, 93% of my capacity.
what is the equation to work out max HR if yours is 185.
EDIT: what ever the equation is, it isn't quite right unless the readings are wrong because you went over 185 on that graph!
There [i]is[/i] no equation to work out max hr.
If you used 220 - age then you need to know that is only an estimate and yours is probably much higher
I'm 39, 5'10" and weigh 10 1/2 stone so I'm not exactly a porker.
[b]EDIT[/b] Just going off what the garmin connect stats were.
Your Max HR will be much higher than you think. On a bike, your Max is lower than when running and you rarely reach your Max especially when just out for a ride.
To find out your Max, tie a piece of string tightly around your willy, then attach the other end to a car. Get the car to drive up a hill and your Max is the highest figure you see while pedalling along behind.
HRmax is 220-Age +/- 20 BPM. Most people forget the prediction interval and focus on the mean. I suspect your Max is at the higher end.
The current best estimate is HRmax = 205.8 ? (0.685 × age) and this is +/- 12 bpm.
Find a big hill and ride up it as hard as you can three times. You'll soon find your Max HR 😈
In all seriousness, calculate your max properly, and make sure you've setup you HRM properly. It's just possible that you arnt as fit as you think. As an example, my age/height is the same as you cept I'm 2 stone heavier. I did a 34k (21 mile) ride in 1.10 yesterday - average hr was 170. Most of my longer rides average about 150. and I'm a sedatory office worker.
But no 2 people are alike, they could be a wide range of reasons why this happening.