HIIT question

[Guest guest]

When you guys do HIIT how high does your heart rate get?

when I do it I feel like a " 10 " is at 160 BPM (my lungs feel like they burn) at

150 I start

feeling winded, but according to charts 180 is my Maximum heart rate, and I

wonder

if I am just being a wussy not going to atleast 170, I am sort of afraid to.

[Guest guest]

Thanks once again, you are the fairy god mother (fairy god trainer?) of this

group.

that reading is interesting, that leads me to another question- I feel like I

get winded,

lungs hurting, slightly dizzy before I get any where near the pain of lactic

acid build

up. Is this normal when starting out?

Will I eventually be able to work up to more pain? (that sounded really sick)

> I don't think I would necessarily change your intensity based on a heart rate

monitor. Those formulas are just estimates, and for a lot of people, especially

older

athletes in crazy shape, they're just flat out wrong. According to my heart rate

monitor, when I'm hitting a 10 at around 200 bpm (considerably higher than my

estimated " maximum " of 183 ), I should be dead, or at the very least on my way

to

the emergency room. I'm not, I'm flying along at top speed, grinning like an

idiot, and

feeling great... you know, right up until the lack of oxygen and lactic acid

build-up

hits me. :-)

>

> Unless you've been put on a treadmill and given a stress test by a doctor, you

have

no idea what your maximum heart rate really is. You're probably better off going

by

perceived exertion. Everybody's will be different. Somebody just getting started

might

hit a 10 walking briskly. Somebody who's been training regularly may have to run

stairs to feel the very same effect. Their heart rates might be totally

different but

they're both hitting a 10 (maximum effort, serious breathing, leg muscles

starting to

burn, not maintainable for more than 60 seconds). If you're feeling those

effects at

160 bpm, then that's your 10. There's no reason to push it harder until you're

not

feeling challenged anymore. When that happens, don't let the numbers on the

monitor hold you back.

>

> Here are some things to read:

>

> Heart Rate Zones

> http://skwigg.tripod.com/wow/id10.html

>

> Maximum Heart Rate Formula is Wrong

> http://www.drmirkin.com/fitness/9156.html

>

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> HIIT question

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> When you guys do HIIT how high does your heart rate get?

>

> when I do it I feel like a " 10 " is at 160 BPM (my lungs feel like they burn)

at 150 I

start

> feeling winded, but according to charts 180 is my Maximum heart rate, and I

wonder

> if I am just being a wussy not going to atleast 170, I am sort of afraid to.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> When you guys do HIIT how high does your heart rate get?

>

> when I do it I feel like a " 10 " is at 160 BPM (my lungs feel like

they burn) at 150 I start

> feeling winded, but according to charts 180 is my Maximum heart

rate, and I wonder

> if I am just being a wussy not going to atleast 170, I am sort of

afraid to.

To be honest, I don't use HRMs at all and don't think they really

apply to BFL. But I haven't done much research on them so I may not

know what I'm talking about either <G>. I try to make things as easy

as possible. Hit my 10s and not worry about anything but not puking

Colleen

[Guest guest]

yes, it is hard to make things easy sometimes!

hahhhahah

> > When you guys do HIIT how high does your heart rate get?

> >

> > when I do it I feel like a " 10 " is at 160 BPM (my lungs feel like

> they burn) at 150 I start

> > feeling winded, but according to charts 180 is my Maximum heart

> rate, and I wonder

> > if I am just being a wussy not going to atleast 170, I am sort of

> afraid to.

>

> To be honest, I don't use HRMs at all and don't think they really

> apply to BFL. But I haven't done much research on them so I may not

> know what I'm talking about either <G>. I try to make things as easy

> as possible. Hit my 10s and not worry about anything but not puking

>

> Colleen