Edited by Massimo Armeni
Convinced that they are the "numbers" the pillars of the Science of Fitness and Sports Medicine, below I have described the internationally validated formulas for the determination of the Maximum Heart Rate and the Physical Exercise Prescription.
1) HRmax → (220 - age in years)
2) HRmax → (226 - age in years) for the female sex
3) HRmax → (227 - age in years) for the female sex
4) always to evaluate the maximum heart rate, other researchers propose a different formula for adults:
maximum heart rate → 210 - (0.5 x age in years)
5) Yet another formula according to Liesen et Al .:
training heart rate → (180 b / min-age in years) + 5 beats for each decade of age starting from the third decade of life
6) HRR (Heart Rate Reserve) or Karvonen's Formula also called the heart rate reserve formula
→ [(220 - age - RHR) x% of chosen intensity] + RHR
7) Formulas of Ball State University, very popular in the States:
maximum heart rate → 214 - 0.8 x (age in years) for men
maximum heart rate → 209 - 0.7 x (age in years) for women
8) Formula of "pulse frequency" according to Martin et.Al (1989):
training heart rate → HRmax - (0.45 x HR at rest)
9) Tanaka's formula :
maximum heart rate → 208 - (0.7 x age in years)
10) Formula of Mellerowicz (1985):
maximum heart rate → (170 b / min - age in years) for adults
maximum heart rate → (180 b / min - age in years) for the youngest
11) Cerretelli's formula, for both sexes:
maximum heart rate → 216 - (1.1 x age in years)
12) Formula for the determination of optimal and subjective training FC:
training heart rate → HR suppressant + 0.6 x (HRmax - HR withdrawal)
13) Formula for the calculation of training HR in swimming :
[(% HRmax prescribed) x (HRmax -13 *)]
14) The Conconi test, a test with increasing loads, correlates the presumed FCmax detected in the so-called deflection point to the presumed anaerobic Threshold; however, this is not correlated with the estimated HRmax in sedentary tests.
This test cannot therefore be taken as a model for an FT (Fitness Test), but only for athletes, and also with reserve.
NB For the prescription of the intensity of exercise it is always and in any case, as a general rule, that of never exceeding 200 b / min in both males and females
