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Max heart rate

Classic is 220 − age. Tanaka is 208 − 0.7 × age. Both miss trained outliers by 10–20 bpm. Zones on the heart-rate page use whatever max you believe.

Tanaka
184
220 minus age
185

Tanaka: 184

A field test or a watch max beats both formulas.

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