Interested what people (mostly those with watches) do with their HR metrics, and how they use it to plan their exercises or their pace.
What is your rest HR? What is your maximum? What range are you typically in during exercise? What do you consider healthy? How do you use HR to determine your pace or what exercises to do? Do you have any advice with respect to this topic? Or do you think measuring HR is pure nonsense and we should not bother doing so at all?
I noticed my rest HR is at 50. My runs are mostly at 165-170ish averaged (aged 28), which seems to be fairly high. My last run (a bit faster than usual) had 24 minutes between 158-176 and 18mins higher than 176, at the end I peaked at 192 for an end sprint.
The absolute values for heart rate vary from person to person and change as you age. But I do notice that my resting heart rate slowy drops a bit as I get fitter (e.g. during a marathon build) and will rise more suddenly if I am getting sick or not getting enough rest.
I don’t really pay much attention to the heart rate zones on my watch, but I do have a pretty good idea e.g. where my 5k race vs marathon race vs really easy run heart rate lies. This can be one piece of information along with perceived effort and pace to decide if I should be able to push a bit harder on a hard run or take it a bit easier on on what is supposed to be an easy run.