I have set my Max HR for my age, however, I frequently overshoot my Max HR. How does this impact the reporting? From what I can see it ignores anything above Max HR setting.
Never use formulaâs for HR max unless you have no clue where to start.
Add a chart with raw HR and check the max value you got. If it isnât an artefact, which you can easily seee on the chart, adjust your HR max setting for the max value found.
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Thatâs exactly what I do, but is it possible that intervals can automatically update the max HR? It automatically adjusts HR threshold, it would be helpful to have it also adjust the max value as well.
Trying to avoid erroneous max values is important of course though
Thatâs why âautomaticâ is a bad idea.
HR max isnât changing much. It decays somewhat with age, but as a beginner you just have to adjust it a couple of times. If youâve never reached HRmax before, it might scare you a bit when it happens (it doesnât feel exactly âcomfortableâ 
). The second or third time, you recognize the feeling.
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You can also see your all time max on the HR chart, in every activity.
As a beginner, doing a 3-min absolutely maximum effort is a quick way to get close. Then try 4-5min until you can get up to about 6-min.
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A prompt (update = Y/N) to update it would be better.
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I totally agree, that would be a neat feature - basically a reminder that you broke it and it needs to be updated 
Is raw-hr actual hr ?
I canât find raw-hr on the custom chart tool
J
It´s a std chart. Click on the + icon and add it.
It´s the unmodified stream from your device.
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Certainly gonna be a much closer estimate, but Iâd say thisâŚ
I never reached my max HR in a race or a routine training session.
Did a dedicated max HR test some time ago and never before that or since did I hit that HR! Got within 3 beats of it on a training spin one day but that was as close as I got.
I can also only assume that my actual max would be a couple of beats higher than my max ever recorded.
Completely agree!
And just to be clear:
- HR max is in no way telling you anything regarding performance potential
- The value itself is NOT trainable, itâs genetic; the time you can sustain it, may slightly be trainable but is quite insignificant
Itâs just about the least important metric for training methods.
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Thanks
I have bumped it up to 180 which is very close to my achievable maximum, my max according to age is 152. This solves the graphâs flatlining on HRM history
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Hello! I am a new member as of earlier today and have successfully loaded 12 years of data. Iâm finding my way around fairly well, but cannot find âRaw HRâ anywhere. It is not available to add a plot to a new chart and I cannot add it as a column on the home table.
My HRMax has decreased from ~195 to 183 over the past 12 years (I am now 61) and I really need to actual HRMax as recorded years ago to complete my performance analyses.
Other than that, love the site/app! Iâve been looking literally for years for such a tool!
Cheers!
Jeff
On the activity page, go to the bottom and click on âChartsâ, then on the +Chart.
In the popup dialog, click on Add Plot and search for RAW to brin up this:
Select Raw HR and you will have an extra chart with the RAW HR.
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In principle, of course, you are right, but there are situations when any âHR parameterâ can change, and that is significant.
When medications, such as betablockers, are turned on or off.
In such situations, even with low doses of the drug, the difference between âHR levelsâ (LT1/LT2/Max) can be 14/15bpm (in my case).
regards
Success! Many thanks!
So Iâm assuming then that because the HR drops off so quick from 191 that this is a spike
What is your maxHR set to, on the Settings page?
It could be a spike, and it could also be a max reading.
It depends what you were doing at this point in time. Is there speed available if you donât have power.
No speed available, my Garmin decided to update and turn off using GPS right before the start.
I was climbing Edinburgh drive at the time.
Max HR was set to 184, that why you can see the smooth red line as intervals detected it as a spike.
So it could be a genuine max effort?
Was this the Argus, given you said Edinburgh drive?