Heart Rate Zones

gabalabs

Does anyone know of a good way to determine your personal heart rate zones with some sort of test? My heart rate monitor registers that I have averages of 180-190 BPM while exercising, and my max heart rates are at about 204-205. I had this confirmed by a cardiologist, who said it was fine, but it's making use of some of my heart rate monitor's functions useless. I have a Garmin Forerunner 620, and the recovery recommendation is always three days because it goes based off typical heart rate zones. It could also affect the calorie estimates it gives.

Thanks!

pancakehead

Bump. Watching with interest as I have exactly the same issue with my heart rate and HRM.

toddis

maybe this

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/466973-i-want-to-test-for-my-max-heart-rate-vo2-max

not sure

maybe not that
maybe this

http://www.myfitnesspal.be/topics/show/548645-setup-polar-hrm-for-more-accurate-calorie-burn-for-known-bmr

or maybe this
http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/Forerunner_620_OM_EN.pdf
page 6

or ...you can lie about your age to change what it thinks is max heart rate or whatnot if you can't change it manually.

yarwell

can you enter a max heart rate rather than it using an age formula ?

gabalabs

Yes, but I don't know how to determine what it is! Looking for a way to figure it out!