HOW TO CORRELATE TRAINING SPEED WITH BEATS PER MINUTE
There are many fitness sites that claim to be able to correlate the number of steps people take per minute with the speed that they run.
Conventional wisdom is that there is a purely arithmetic relationship between speed and beats per minute. However, this simplimistic approach fails to consider the inverse relationship between age and maximum heart training rate.
The accepted formula for this in the fitness world is:
MAXIMUM HEART RATE = 85% x (220 - AGE)
Here is the maximum training rate by age:
AGE
MAXIMUM HEART RATE
MAXIMUM TRAINING RATE
15
205
174
20
200
170
25
195
166
30
190
162
35
185
157
40
180
153
45
175
149
50
170
145
55
165
140
60
160
136
65
155
132
70
150
128
Taking this into account, our studies have disputed these arithmetic charts by taking many athletes of all shapes and sizes and actually clocking them at various speeds. The result is most interesting and consistent with the metabolic maximum training rate chart:
The speed of the music stays relatively constant at the same running speeds for men and women of similar ages.
Music at 155 beats per minute is equivalent to an 8.5 minute mile; at 145 beats per minute to a 9.5 minute mile.
However, faster athletes of any height will ELONGATE THEIR STRIDES to avoid straining their hearts
So, as you get faster, a music speed over between 160 and 170 beats per minute allows you to train equally for an 8 minute mile or a 6 minute mile
THE TECHNO SWEAT SPEED - BPM CHART:
AGE
Minutes Per Mile
20
25
30
35
40
45
50+
10.0
140
140
140
140
140
145
145
9.5
145
145
145
145
145
150
150
9.0
150
150
150
150
150
150
155
8.5
155
155
155
155
155
155
160
8.0
155
155
155
155
160
160
160
7.5
155
155
155
160
160
160
165
7.0
155
155
155
160
160
165
165
6.5
160
160
165
165
165
170
175
6.0
165
165
170
170
170
175
180
5.5
170
175
175
175
180
185
No Way
Our original music will max at 155 BPM. Our aim with our original music is not to be precisely scientific, but rather to give you a great outdoor workout at speeds that will be consistent and better than anything you have ever experienced.
But, train as fast as you like - our Workout Song Catalogue has great training songs of speeds up to 220 BPM:
You Choose The Songs We Do The Rest
Enjoy your training and thanks for buying your training music from Techno Sweat.
The speed of the music stays relatively constant at the same running speeds for men and women of similar ages.
