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Originally posted by Vaultboy
Nazgul, your reference seems faulted. That guy is a 52 year old with a claimed MHR of 195. His MHR calculation is also probably more precise for PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.
Current research shows that the average UNIVERSAL way to calculate your MHR is to subtract your age from 220 (that of a newborn baby) THat would give you a close approximate MHR, good enough for exercise/gym. 85% of your MHR can be regarded as your AT.
If your AT is 60% of your MHR as you claim, and virtually every fundi states that you should keep aerobic exercise between 60% - 85% of your MHR, then you are saying that every time you work out at 60% or more of your MHR, you are burning protein. And that aerobic exercise is actually anaerobic exercise.
Which is complete bollocks, if you dont mind me saying. And if you read the initial poster's question, you would see that she is indeed concerned with going above 85% of her MHR, (crossing her AT). Her reference thus concurs with 85%, and not 60%.
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Sorry Vault, didn't mean to derail the topic or get your ire up. My point was only that you were referring to the MHR as the AT or Target Heart Rate, that's all. You mention exceeding your MHR which is really not possible by definition. You were simply swapping terms of Target Heart Rate or AT with MHR. Small issue. Appologies if I insulted you.