Is the “Maximum Heart Rate” Formula Sabotaging Your Workout (And Your Results)?

by Shin Ohtake on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 • 31 Comments

Exercising within your “target heart rate” zone has long been accepted as a standard training protocol, but what if I told you that the formula for calculating your max heart rate is inaccurate?  And that even the doctor that created the formula admits to being completely surprised at how the medical and fitness communities have made it the standard formula, without anyone actually doing any extended research.  Here’s the real story on how the formula for calculating your max heart rate came about (from the NY Times Health):

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