Group: Health & Fitness over 40

Health & Fitness over 40
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 207, Messages: 2483

Group dedicated to men and women over the age of 40 that care about their health and want to take the fitness and nutrition down the right path.

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cardio training at 40...

neiltilley
neiltilley
Posts: 325
Joined: 2003/03/09
United Kingdom
2004/03/12, 06:45 AM
Well I'm nearly there to 40!!!

So now on the eliptical and bike I can do my interval training and get 163 beats per minute. According to our life fitness machines in my UK gym 162 is either 80% or 100% of my max. I'm not sure which exactly.
These teens and twinks can get a bpm of 180 ???

So I'm nearly 40 fittish, resting beat is 54 to 56 ... So now I'm at 162 bpm pushing the boat out- How much further can I go? What is too much?
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2004/03/12, 05:27 PM
Heres the formula, which you might already know:

220- 40 (your age)= 180 (max hr)at 85% of your mac your at 153, so, if your at 162. which is 90%, I would suggest you back it off a bit if you are trying to gain muscle.

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Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada