Heart Rate going over your MAX

RunConquerCelebrate
RunConquerCelebrate Posts: 956 Member
edited October 1 in Fitness and Exercise
I have a question is it a good thing to always go over your MAX target heart rate or should I always try to stay within my zone. My highest target is 160 but I am always going over that always in the high 160s to 170s and sometimes I am in the 180s. Is this good or bad????

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  • Buffstuff11
    Buffstuff11 Posts: 4
    It's okay to go over your max. Go by perceived exertion...do you feel like you are going to die if you are over your max, or does it just feel like you are working really hard? You obviously don't want to stay over-max for the entire workout, but certainly for periods of time it is okay.
  • shalynna89
    shalynna89 Posts: 324 Member
    I usually am the same way, but just figured I was fine unless I felt like I couldn't breath. Usually the higher your heart rate is during exercise the more calories you burn!
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    Yeah, I go up in the 170s when I do a HIIT. Been up in the 180s but I try to avoid that now.
  • cinico
    cinico Posts: 294 Member
    I have read that after working out over you Max for a while it can be bad. I consider I did that during my Insanity workouts which pushed me into an anebolic threshold.
  • joseph9
    joseph9 Posts: 328 Member
    Technically, the max hr that you calculate from your age is an estimate, and if you went over it and didn't die, then your actual max hr is higher than you think. (To find your real max hr, there are a series of stress tests that a sports therapist or md can do, but I've never done them).
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