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- From: glex@nitro.cray.com (Jeff Gleixner)
- Subject: Re: Target Heartrate
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.072710.9527@walter.cray.com>
- Originator: glex@nitro
- Keywords: Is being over in trouble
- Lines: 12
- Sender: glex@nitro (Jeff Gleixner)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: nitro.cray.com
- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec29.221241.25924@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 07:27:10 CST
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- In article <1992Dec29.221241.25924@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, disaacs@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.e.isaacs) writes:
- >
- > According to the charts my target heart rate for working out should
- > be 135 -165 but I frequently find myself going at 170s or 180s.
- > Is this dangerous? I could slow down but then I don't feel I'm
- Try the "talk test". If you can talk without gasping for breath every
- other word you're pushing too hard. Since you want the "best" workout
- you have to be in the aerobic range, sometimes heart rate is not a
- good indicator.
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