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Originally Posted by RayBot
Well whats better??
Holding a 155bpm for 20 minutes at high performance?? Or maintaining a 165bpm for 20 minutes a mid-level performance?
To my understanding, if you can hold a lower heartrate at a higher performance level, thats means ur in pretty good shape...right?
So wouldn't be maintaining 160bpm really pushing it?
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it's all dependant on the person
for someone who never runs and is out of shape, they might reach 160bpm running at 6.0mph for 5 minutes, but they won't be able to maintain that speed or heartrate for any length of time and will have to stop
for someone who does run and is in shape, they might reach the same heartrate at a much faster mph, but will be able to maintain that speed and heartrate because of their conditioning.
age also plays a factor. generally, the younger you are, the higher the heartrate you are able to achieve.