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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a healthy adult, your target heart rate is 220 - your age.  That’s the number most people should be aiming for during cardio work. [/quote]

No! This is absolutely wrong. 220-Age is a rough estimate of MAXIMUM heart rate, not target heart rate. Depending on what someone is trying to do, you would expect your target to be anywhere between 60 and 95% of maximum.

To OP's question, it's easier to use your breathing as a guide. Unless you're trying to do sprints, aim for a pace that has you breathing just a little bit hard and you can only say a few words at a time. Too hard would be barely able to talk, too way would be having a full conversation. [/quote]

+1. 220-your age could easily kill someone. Most 35 year olds are not capable of maintaining a 185 for any length of time  [/quote]

I’m 30 and I literally vomit if I get up to 185. It’s happened twice at the gym now (thankfully made it to the bathroom both times).[/quote]

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