Lying about my age...

acpgee
acpgee Posts: 7,991 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
to the HRM.

I am in reasonable cardio shape (I do a lot of it) but advanced in years. It annoys me that the HRM is always telling me I am out of my workout zone, because the beats per minute is too high. Any harm in subtracting 5-10 years from my age on my HRM settings? The real question: is there any harm on targeting a heart rate that is 5-10 beats more than my HRM recommends for my age?

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  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    If your age your age the calorie burn reading won't be accurate
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,991 Member
    Thanks. Good point.
  • mariapuhl
    mariapuhl Posts: 529 Member
    My heart rate monitor (polar FT4) has a way you can change the target zone, I found it in settings.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    So the choice is having to lie to the him or having to put up with its annoying, pointless beeping? That's a bad relationship right there.

    Dtmfa
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    If your age your age the calorie burn reading won't be accurate

    If she is fitter, ie a higher VO2 max, her calorie burn estimates will be off anyway.

    If you are looking to do heart rate training, I would do a test for max heart rate, then adjust my HRM accordingly to match my zones..
    You can also check out Heybales sheet (the HRM tab at the bottom).
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amt7QBR9-c6MdGVTbGswLUUzUHNVVUlNSW9wZWloeUE#gid=16

    A good blog on VO2 max
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/heybales?month=201301
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,991 Member
    Thanks everyone.
  • Rowan813
    Rowan813 Posts: 170 Member
    You can turn off the beeping and adjust the settings.
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
    to the HRM.

    I am in reasonable cardio shape (I do a lot of it) but advanced in years. It annoys me that the HRM is always telling me I am out of my workout zone, because the beats per minute is too high. Any harm in subtracting 5-10 years from my age on my HRM settings? The real question: is there any harm on targeting a heart rate that is 5-10 beats more than my HRM recommends for my age?

    Think of your integrity. Who you are when no one else is looking. I know it seems like a harmless lie to pretend you're a few years younger. We all tend to think that our sins are less weighty than those that others commit but the harm and damage can be just as bad with these little "white lies" as it can with full blown transgressions.

    Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe you should see a priest and ask if this really is a bad thing since you're doing it with good intentions. I just can't shake the feeling that this is a slippery slope to even bigger sins like pretending you didn't eat a pop tart when you did.
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    So let me get this right. You want to manipulate data so that you get results you like?

    Forget that HRM! There's a future for you in statistical analysis!
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    So let me get this right. You want to manipulate data so that you get results you like?

    Forget that HRM! There's a future for you in statistical analysis!
    :laugh:
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    to the HRM.

    I am in reasonable cardio shape (I do a lot of it) but advanced in years. It annoys me that the HRM is always telling me I am out of my workout zone, because the beats per minute is too high. Any harm in subtracting 5-10 years from my age on my HRM settings? The real question: is there any harm on targeting a heart rate that is 5-10 beats more than my HRM recommends for my age?

    Think of your integrity. Who you are when no one else is looking. I know it seems like a harmless lie to pretend you're a few years younger. We all tend to think that our sins are less weighty than those that others commit but the harm and damage can be just as bad with these little "white lies" as it can with full blown transgressions.

    Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe you should see a priest and ask if this really is a bad thing since you're doing it with good intentions. I just can't shake the feeling that this is a slippery slope to even bigger sins like pretending you didn't eat a pop tart when you did.

    I agree. You start lying about your age to a HRM the next step is dating websites and job interviews. Next thing you know your making up stories to your family and friends. Then your morals slip because you can trick yourself and everyone around you just by lying. Things that you wouldn't normally do now become so easy because you just lie and pretend it 'never happened'.

    Eventually though the truth will catch up to you. The husband will see the monster you've become and leave you. The children won't be able to trust you and your boss won't believe a word you say.

    Then you're alone. All alone and out in the cold and it's winter andyou don't have a blanket. You see some homeless people huddled around a fire sharing stories and drinking off a bottle of bourbon. You miss that. The human interaction. . . . .
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    to the HRM.

    I am in reasonable cardio shape (I do a lot of it) but advanced in years. It annoys me that the HRM is always telling me I am out of my workout zone, because the beats per minute is too high. Any harm in subtracting 5-10 years from my age on my HRM settings? The real question: is there any harm on targeting a heart rate that is 5-10 beats more than my HRM recommends for my age?

    Think of your integrity. Who you are when no one else is looking. I know it seems like a harmless lie to pretend you're a few years younger. We all tend to think that our sins are less weighty than those that others commit but the harm and damage can be just as bad with these little "white lies" as it can with full blown transgressions.

    Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe you should see a priest and ask if this really is a bad thing since you're doing it with good intentions. I just can't shake the feeling that this is a slippery slope to even bigger sins like pretending you didn't eat a pop tart when you did.

    I agree. You start lying about your age to a HRM the next step is dating websites and job interviews. Next thing you know your making up stories to your family and friends. Then your morals slip because you can trick yourself and everyone around you just by lying. Things that you wouldn't normally do now become so easy because you just lie and pretend it 'never happened'.

    Eventually though the truth will catch up to you. The husband will see the monster you've become and leave you. The children won't be able to trust you and your boss won't believe a word you say.

    Then you're alone. All alone and out in the cold and it's winter andyou don't have a blanket. You see some homeless people huddled around a fire sharing stories and drinking off a bottle of bourbon. You miss that. The human interaction. . . . .

    EPIC answer!!! :flowerforyou:
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    First it started cool, then it got epic.

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