Watch metric
Maximum Heart Rate
Usefulness
7/10
· Genuinely useful
Maximum Heart Rate Definition
The highest number of times your heart can beat in a minute. Almost every heart-rate zone and score is calculated from it.
When it helps
Worth getting roughly right, because a wrong figure throws off all your zones.
When it doesn't
Day to day. It is a calibration figure, not something to check on every run.
The common myth
The myth: your max heart rate is 220 minus your age. The reality: that formula can be ten to fifteen beats out in either direction.
Maximum Heart Rate equivelants on Garmin, Coros, Polar, Apple, Suunto
Garmin, Coros, Polar, Apple, Suunto
Max Heart Rate