Danny Hart POV Fort William - Video

Jun 3, 2016
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59 Comments
  • 56 1
 wow this definitly gives you an idea of how physcal dh raing is. Being able to sustain your max heart rate for five minutes is crazy difficult. Add in the nerves of race day and your pretty much lit up 10 feet out of the statrt gate, your body working as hard as its cappable of. over 200 bpm is crazy.
  • 19 0
 So true mate. So much endurance... I'd be having a breather 300 meters in
  • 61 1
 I can hit 200bpm just getting the tub of cool whip open!
  • 4 0
 Yeah, I just realized having watched this the whole way through, that I quite literally might have a heart attack if I tried to sustain that.
  • 1 0
 Not to mention the altitude at certain venues.
  • 1 0
 I thought im gonna see Heart Attack, but I will have to wait for a final run...
  • 2 4
 Obviously you've never been on pornhub.com...
  • 36 2
 Impressive 211 bpm at mark "3.51" now thats shredding!!! And I always here from my friends. "HOW CAN YOU GET A WORK OUT BY RIDING A BIKE DOWNHILL?" phkn cupcakes will never know.....
  • 29 2
 That was killer! Loved the commentary. Nice job Danny!
  • 10 1
 An average 190+ bpm for 5 minutes is crazy fitness level !
Maybe I should stop worrying about my technique and start working on my fitness if I want to get faster on those 10-15 min enduro stages..
  • 11 3
 211??...downhill is definitely hard and taxing, but that is some Tour de France level shit. Seems a bit high....
  • 10 4
 I think its the other way around buddy, the fitter you are, the lower max heart rate you have. The tour guys average 140-160 bpm. They max out around 170-180! I believe once you are past a particular power level (like tour level stuff), the heart rate is no longer the bottle neck.
  • 3 0
 @blast-off: Yeah thats a really good point. Then hats off to him cuz I would pass out at that heart rate hahaha
  • 4 0
 rule of thumb for max heart rate is 220-age, but I'm sure this is not for proper athletes - I'd imagine many in the field get up to 200+ bpm as it is a sprint not endurance like Tour de France.
  • 2 0
 I think it’s pretty individual. I’ve know a few extremely fit people that have pretty high heart rates while exercising moderately.
  • 17 0
 Wow, lots of misinformation here. @jeremiahwas is correct that max heart rate is an individual thing, and @JungleT is correct that this number goes down with age. That's about it. The fact that he hits 211 doesn't mean all that much because we don't know his max. What is more interesting is to see how quickly his heart rate recovers. For example in 20 seconds between 1:17 and 1:37, it drops 24 ticks (201 to 177), which is very good.

Max heart rate has nothing to do with fitness level. The rest heart rate (typically measured in the morning just after you wake up; still lying in bed), on the other hand, does. This will get easily below 40 for athletes active in sports that require high aerobic capacity (think TdF, XCO, N1N0).
  • 1 0
 @mi-bike: I agree. I was just surprised because A. 211 is just very high in general. B. Like you mentioned that drop from 211 to 177 in 20 seconds....seems a bit aggressive given the fact that he was still riding hard albeit slightly smoother terrain when it dropped.
  • 2 1
 @JungleT: 220-age plus or minus 12 Bpm. Higher trained athletes will have lower resting hr
  • 4 6
 @coatesa: Assuming Danny's heart rate monitor works as it should (not a given) your formula is incorrect. You say that max heart rate is 220 +/- 12 - age. Now let's see how this maximum works out for Danny Hart, who is 24: 220 + 12 - 24 = 208, which is less than the posted 211 in the video. QED.
  • 3 0
 @mi-bike: It's a rough baseline used in the field of exercise physiology.. 3 beats nbd
  • 1 0
 @mi-bike: Its his theoretical max, so he may well be able to go to 102% of his max HR, its just incredibly unsustainable.
  • 2 0
 Maintaining your heart rate +-195 for a period of +-5 minutes, would this be considered Endurance or Power?
Anyway, very impressive stuff! I loved it!
  • 3 0
 @warrens: sustained activity >2 minutes uses aerobic metabolism so endurance.. But being able to sustain that high of a work load means his anaerobic threshold is through the roof!
  • 3 0
 I'm not here to discredit danny but, the thing is, with all the shaking and even the t-shirt hitting the heart rate sensor because of the wind, theres a good chance it's not working properly. I had one and I can tell it can happen.
  • 4 0
 Pretty difficult to "stay on your bike" with that bpm..."look at the heart!!"
  • 3 0
 Gave another perspective to filmed runs. I actually really enjoyed that. Fair to say my heart rate would up at that walking the track! Bring on Sunday!
  • 5 0
 Vital stats are actually pretty cool.
  • 5 1
 Well, that was interesting..........
  • 2 1
 What’s up with all the ‘blips’ in the footage? Is that the Garmin software trying to stabilize the video or what? Software is cool but if the video quality isn’t there...
  • 2 1
 His heat rate went down in the rock garden! I would think for most mere mortals that's where it would go up. Interesting stuff. I wonder how accurate the data is and how it will compare with race day.
  • 3 0
 200+ heart beat? Now I need to know other riders' heart rate to make bets
  • 3 0
 C'mon Danny, get the win !
  • 1 0
 That course looks different from Claudios preview I'm sure. They've taken out the wooden bit in the woods and the step down road gap.
  • 1 0
 I was thinking the same, wonder if he took a wrong turn. Woods and road gap were there in Wyn's track walk.
  • 3 0
 The track ridden in the video is the track that the general public get to ride.
If you watch the video again you should notice that there is no "course tape" meaning he was likely riding on a day that the track was open to the public.
  • 1 0
 @mmafan: Thanks for the info!
  • 1 0
 @mmafan: Ah yes, good to see someone is paying attention!
  • 2 0
 anyone noticed he started without warm-up (assumpting to heart rate on start)?
  • 1 1
 Damn!!.. pretty intense and I kind of prefer it than Claudios run....sorry, but it was like watching F1 and the commentators shut up.
  • 1 0
 The woods section looks confusing as fuck now no clue what's new and what's old
  • 1 0
 Having those stats is rad! Maybe a useful training tool for them too, to see where they're losing time
  • 2 0
 love to see this for qualifying and race runs to compare the stats
  • 1 0
 Danny Hart is 24. At that age his max heart rate should be in the 190's. He is pushing so hard to get 211.
  • 3 0
 Do any of these heart rate calculations take into account adrenaline and its affect, most formulas are based on testing rowers or runners etc, not really adrenaline sports, perhaps this can allow for an increase. At that heart rate though he'd start to feel like his chest will explode and he'll be wanting to pass put surely
  • 1 0
 @ctd07: finally someone mentioned it!! you can hit your max bpm sitting in a sofa with the proper adrenaline rush!!!
just measure yourself before hitting that big road gap which scares you!!
  • 2 0
 Holy heart rate Danny! I would have exploded!
  • 1 0
 i swear my heart rate went up just watching the numbers of his rise..good lawd!
  • 1 2
 I've done 45mph down the Wall, Danny only did 32mph - does that make me faster than Danny? Razz Nah, don't think so! Big Grin It was much smoother then, and anybody can go fast down the Wall - Danny goes fast everywhere!
  • 1 0
 with those indicators it looks like computer game .
  • 1 0
 That was so good to see!!!!!
  • 1 0
 Sick riding and stats.. the green dot was annoying as shite..
  • 2 0
 Awesome video
  • 1 0
 +1!
  • 1 2
 Thats ok, but i much prefer to watch Claudio screaming down the hill, way more entertaining and fun to watch. Bring back Claudio !!!!
  • 1 0
 So, when is StravaCam coming?
  • 1 0
 As soon as they figure out how to make the camera be a complete douche and not yield to uphill traffic.
  • 1 0
 @meesterover: yeah, I hear ya on that one..
  • 1 0
 This video should be titled "Danny H(e)ART POV Fort William - Video" !!
  • 1 0
 Cool tomtom







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