EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Maximum Heart Rate: Why Max HR Is Important & How To Calculate It

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Published 2021-11-11

Knowing your maximum heart rate is crucial when designing a training program. But how do you get to your maximum heart rate? What tests can be done and how often should you do them? Have a look at this video to help you determine how to find your maximum heart rate.

Let us know in the comments below if you use Max HR in your training and if you'd like to know more about threshold heart rate and how to test it...

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In this video:
00:22 What is Maximum Heart Rate?
01:11 This is why it's important to know your Maximum Heart Rate
01:39 How do you measure Maximum Heart Rate
03:31 Doing a Max HR test on a track
04:38 Using the correct equipment to test your maximum heart rate
05:25 How often should you test your Maximum Heart Rate
06:24 What are the flaws in Max Heart Rate training
06:53 Is there something better to use than Maximum Heart Rate?

All Comments (21)

@CoachParry 2 years ago

If you'd like to learn more about Threshold Heart rate, we've created this video that you may find extremely helpful: https://youtu.be/gHMepcj8Fwo
@deborahbettencourt2269 2 years ago

Would love to learn about threshold heart rate testing!
@WhiteBlueRed03 2 years ago

Would love to hear about threshold heart rate! Thanks for the info on max heart rate.
@briantimson1397 2 years ago

Great content as usual. Keep it up, and I look forward to the threshold heart rate testing too💪
@stevepursglove6624 2 years ago

Thanks for the video, and the threshold stuff sounds intriguing!
@marciescarlett2479 2 years ago

Threshold heart rate training sounds very interesting! I would like to learn more about it! Thank you for the wonderful information and how you put it out there!!
@irmaputtonen359 2 years ago

Thanks for the nice video of max heart rate. I’d love to learn more about threshold heart rate testing on field.
@1world2coexist 2 years ago

This channel always puts out great video contents. Keep up the great work.
@antonrossouw8015 2 years ago

Thank you for the information.
@SeeChadRun 2 years ago

Great video and feedback!
@lifephorce 2 years ago

Great to see Shona back 😊🎉👍
@CarlAxelFranzon 2 years ago

Yes, please on threshold HRT! Thanks for this.
@mikeethington9710 2 years ago

Yes, I would be interested in seeing and learning about threshold heart rate testing/training.
@elizabethmorgan8194 2 years ago

I would love to know more about threshold heart rate testing and training!
@davidmarshalldrake 11 months ago

Great content!
@ishmurzin 2 years ago

Thank you very much for this video. It would be wonderful if you could do a video on threshold HR testing.
@paulhawes3760 2 years ago

Yes please would love to learn about threshold heart rate !
@audreyweymiller5224 2 years ago

Yes! To a video on threshold heart rate testing.
@tundranut 2 years ago

Adding my vote for threshold heart rate testing!
@kathyderon3299 2 years ago

Great video and yes on the threshold video please