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Heart Rate issue

  • 22-05-2010 2:33pm
    #1
    sodabread
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    Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on my heart rate.

    Basically I use the treadmill in my gym 2-3 times weekly and often take my heart rate while running. The rate which I frequently get when measured worries me.

    My target heart rate is between 119 and 158. Frequently, however, when i measure it on the treadmill I'm up at the 185-190 mark. BTW this is when I'm running at circa 6km/h and no incline. I also start sweating like a tap after 4 minutes.

    Some background on me. 23 years old, probably quite unfit though not overweight, 12 stone , 6ft , bit of a beer belly.

    Basically, do you think the heart rate is a result of my lack of fitness or could it be more sinister? The reason I ask is that I seem to be the only one in my gym who is like this.


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  • #2
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Your target HR for what?.

    If its for cardio that seem's like a very low HR target (sounds like more a fatburning range for a 23yr old) for someone 23yrs of age and if your gassing at that I'd say its just a measure of your lack of fitness.


  • #3
    jc2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭jc2008


    Also, I'd like to add that the treadmill may be wrong. Usually those metal plates that you put your hands on aren't great ways of accurately measuring heart rate. An actual heart rate monitor, with a chest strap, would probably be more accurate.

    However, people with low fitness tend to have higher heart rates. If you stop running and/or slow down to a walk, does it take long for your heart rate fall, or does it remain high for a while.


  • #4
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    Ignore the heart rate monitor, they are frequently wrong. Instead go by how you feel and how you breath. If you can talk, you're not working hard enough. If you can pant out a couple of words at a time, you're about right. If you can't get out a single word, you are going too hard, unless you are doing HIIT, in which case you are fine.


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