I have been looking into heart rate and the effect that it has on excersice and weight loss. I was of the belief that any exercise would help weight loss and increase cardiovascular capacity. It would appear that this is not quite true, there are different rates at which the body uses fat, carbohydrates and proteins, also there are diffent rates and which anerobic and aerobic exercise take place.
I am about to shamelessly quote wikipedia here as after much research I have found that most of the info you need on heart rate is on the wikipedia page for heart rate, as such I have snagged the Fox Haskell formula HRmax = 220 - age and the below chart from there.
This is definately not hard and fast and is not recognised by fitness professionals but gives an Idea of the effect of the heart rate.
Using the Fox Haskell formula my maximum heart rate is 199, lets use this later for comparison.
From the 2002 study the least objectionable formula was HRmax = 205.8 - (0.685 x age) having a standard deviation of 6.4 bpm, using this formula my HRmax is 184.6, as we can see thus far there is a difference of 14.4 bpm.
Going on the 2007 study the linear equation is HRmax = 206.9 − (0.67 × age) having a standard deviation 5-8 bpm, giving me a HRmax of 186.1 bpm this is closer to the previous equation, lets look at the non-linear equation HRmax = 191.5 − (0.007 × age2) having a tighter deviation of 2 - 5 bpm. Using the non-linear equation my HRmax is 184.8 bpm.
The final equation for men is the equation devised in Lund, Sweden. HRmax = 203.7 / (1 + e(0.033 x (age - 104.3))) using this equation I have a HRmax of 187 bpm.
I will now look into the different target heart rates and their respective benifits, in particular where my best weight lost is going to come from.
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