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[quote=Anonymous]the biggest reason for such wide range in how many splat point people get is what their max HR is set at in the system versus what your actual max HR is. OTF used 220-age so it is no terribly accurate. Some people have naturally higher or lower max heart rates.

For me (39) it has me at 191 as my max. However every single on-line calculator I do puts me closer to 183-185. I work really hard in class and the most I have ever gotten is 21pts, A lot of times during a push pace I am right at 83%. I  also pretty much never hit red, even when I am doing an all out sprint. I think my max HR is really lower than they have me at, i also have a very low resting HR.

On the flip side I have a friend who spends almost the entire class in orange or red, easily gets 35-45 points/class) despite feeling like she isn't really working that hard. i suspect her max HR is actually higher than where the formula puts her.

You really need to judge by how you feel. Despite what the monitor says, I know when i am in the orange zone/really working. You should only really be hitting the red zone during max effort, like a sprint at the end of a push. [/quote]

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