text: target heart rate queston? ok this is kind of stupid but pleas no dumb answers my max hear rate for working out is 194 when im working out hard it usaly gets to about 180 my max target heart rate at %85 is i think 175 is it bad that its oging so high and what damage could it cause in the long run?? i do have a healthy one tho it comes right back down to about 80 after calming down for about 1 min or so, just looking for some good advice not people fishing for points, any help would be great it's good that you're recovering quickly when your heart rate is so high. it goes to show how much endurance you actually have. again you dont want to be in the high percentage of your heart rate for too long anyway. and what is the purpose of you getting up there?  if you're interested in fat loss than you really need short intense bouts of about 15-20 sec and then rest to allow your body to recover so you can go at the same intensity again.  but definitely pace yourself and when you are doing high intensity workouts be sure to give yourself a short break to recover so you can continue to work at the high intensity. also do not stay in this range for a long period of time.  it will overload your cardiac system and while the overload principle when it comes to weights is great, in this case it might not be.  for more free info sign up for your own newsletter at http://4evertoned.com/newsletter.html