Ramp test failure: muscular vs lungs/heart rate?

[DaveWh]

@bruceyanagida

my point of failure on the ramp test is always due to hitting max HR (175) and breathing, so I am limited by my VO2Max and not my legs

I took a poll on this a while back.

What is the reason you stop the ramp test?

For me, it’s my heart can’t beat any faster - how about you? poll ————————————- Edit: added question: Can any information be gleaned from why people fail the ramp test to inform the sort of training they should do or avoid? Or set expectations on the response to training? E.g. can muscle endurance/utilization of oxygen be more readily trained than cardiac output/oxygen delivery? ——————————————- Edit: addition of study on max HR and reasons for stopping: These are some interesting stats In…

I think something can be learned to inform training based on why you fail the ramp test… but I don’t know what it is yet!