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[Hock]

"There is no association between maximum heart rate and exercise performance,” said Hirofumi Tanaka, the director of the Cardiovascular Aging Research Laboratory and an exercise physiologist at the University of Texas in Austin..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/health/nutrition/10BEST.html

[Kentbob]

You know, I like to keep track of mine just as a benchmark.  When I see it going down on a run or something that used to be difficult workout, it feels like progress.  I definitely don't get tied up in hitting a certain maximum.  The prescribed max and min feels too easy to me, especially on a machine.

Kent