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Originally Posted by VisualEcho
I only questioned it because when I had my first SVT (205 bpm at rest), the doctor told me that without SVT, even with strenuous exercise my heart would not exceed 170 bpm (because of my age), and that if I ever got over 150 then I was having an SVT. Not that I'm a specialist, it just seemed to me that 194 was excessive without SVT.
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Max heart rate is a skewed science.
Basically 220 is the fastest HR a baby heart beats in the womb. Then from there you're removing 1 BPM for every age of life.
It's just as skewed and tainted logic as old school Military height /weight charts or BMI for that matter.