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What is a maximum heart rate?

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220 minus your age.

Therefore if you are 30

220-30=190

However there are various other methods of calculation.

It also depends on what exercise you are doing and how fit you are already.

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in US Navy SEALs heart rates above 200bpm have been measured on EKG. at rates this high the SEALs were able to wire explosives and discharge there firearms, but were unable to do en simple math problems i.e. 2+2=4. This zone is known as th red zone

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