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well, thats the great thing about such forums, we can all share our experience and knowledge...in a civilised way. We just had a community fun run here (12 and 23 kms) and two guys died immediately after.... of heart attacks...despite medical assistance at the line. One was 32, the other 52 yo. No p...

interesting read regarding overtraining to the detriment of the heart
see
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitnes ... 20130823Z3

Paul, im glad you have finally come to some sort of admission albeit begrudgingly and contrite, probably without your own realisation as such. I think you might have a case of what i call intellectual arrogance and please dont take offence. Its my diagnosis based on the sheer arrogance of your comme...

yep maybe the 220 minus age was a bad example as some people have seized upon that as the definitive of my original post. I chose it merely as the most simple EXAMPLE for simplicity sake.some cant see the forest from the trees nor do they appreciate the inherent message from the SMH article i posted...

ill try the BORG preception 'see how i feeeel' technique this weekend what allowance should i make for the hangover? ..........and the left over cold? :) you cant be serious ? heart disease is increasingly becoming a 'younger' disease, its not exclusively an old age problem nor just that we are livi...

your life, go for it bro
you might want to read an interesting recent article

no pretend, no reference to AN article/s that might support your notions
just plain old reality


http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/f ... 2orpw.html

So many things to comment on! 1. I understand that 220-age was an example of calculating it, but a) we *know* it's not accurate, b) it disagrees with other (better) formulae for calculating Max HR, and c) finding your actual max experimentally isn't difficult. So why come out so vehemently against ...

thanks Paul I used 220 minus age as an EXAMPLE of determining HRmx, as we know there are many. SO short of doing blood lactate readings by whipping off a blood sample to your local general hospital for analysis, how do you determine in what zone and at what heart rate range these zones are within? I...

thanks Paul not sure if people are being precious as my article wasnt meant to offend if that is what you are alluding to. my article is a clear warning to people who think that they can hop into any exercise and drive themselves to extremes thinking that the more strain they put on their heart the ...

Up to you mate. We all cant be as informed as your esteemed self. Any idea what you get your HR upto? Any idea of what cardiac infarct is, how its caused, the consequences? I call it science, people such as yourself would call it ?...well, i wouldnt know what people like you would call it...thankful...

I read some posts about 'pushing to the max' and ridiculously high MHR's and think the world has gone nuts. EVERY rower no matter what age or fitness should realise that it is IMPERATIVE to measure your HR if 'pushing' yourself. There is ABSOLUTELY NO BENEFIT in pushing your calculated max HR beyond...

At 42 and fighting fit, no smoking history, very very light drinker, good nutrition (never had a maccas!), normal BP 110/70, good LDL anf Tg, good HDL and low cholesterol , i experienced the first of 2 hrt attacks. This was a total LAD (the widow maker) occlusion. I presented with at first mild ches...