Is my heart rate normal?

[Direwind]

lost another 4lbs this week!

but to the question, 31yo resting 60, normal 100, cardio 130 how does this rank as healthy heart rates go?

[Lajoir2]

Yes that is about correct depending on your weight. Lets say you weight 170, than your cardio rate may be 154, at a weight od 140 your cardio rate may be 135, howerver if you have been exercising for five plus years at a weight of 140 your cardio rate may ony be 113 to 120.

[Direwind]

I was 420 last year I'm now 285

[258trainer]

Your exercise HR is based on your age and your resting HR.  If 60 is you Resting HR (first thing in the a.m. HR w/out getting out of bed yet) if you tell me your age, I'll calculate your zones for you.  Otherwise, you can just take (220-age) x 65%= Low end of target range

               (220-age)x 85%= High end of range

Anything above 85-90% is anaerobic, which is not where you want to be every workout, but occasionally it's good to get up there for a minute or two to increase your aerobic ability.

Using Resting HR with the formula above is more accurate, because it takes into account your fitness level...not just your age.

[Direwind]

age 31 years old, current weight 283 lbs

max heart rate is 130, avg work out heart rate is 120, resting is 60 to 65rate (that is what it is now)

i would be greatful if you could workout my zones thank you!

[258trainer · Accepted solution]

The results are almost the same for 60 or 65 RHR, at your age.  

Your 60% Target Heart Rate is 140 bpm   (beats per miniute)

Your 80%     THR                   is 164 bpm

What this means, is that you should try to get your HR up to at least 140 when working out, but not much higher than 164.     You should always keep your Rate of Perceived Exertion in mind, though.  If you feel like you're working at a very high rate, but your HR is low, maybe you need to back off a bit that day.  Conversely, if you're around 150 and you feel like you're not working very hard, kick it up a notch.  Your HR can be affected by stress, lack of sleep, or over-exercising, so only use the #'s as a GUIDE.

[Corne]

I would like to know my minimum and maximum heart rate as well using my resting heart rate.

I am 41, about 156 pounds and my resting heart rate hovers around 50.

I use heart rate app on my iphone to work out my heart rate as well as the built in app for stress check.  My stress was at 2% yesterday.

[258trainer]

Your HR range, taking into account your Resting Heart Rate (which is WONDERFUL, by the way!) is:

65% - 134 bpm (beats per minute)

85% - 160 bpm

If you didn't know your RHR, your range would be 116-152...considerably lower #'s.  Since you RHR is so low, this indicates your respiratory health is very good and you can safely work at the higher range 🙂

[258trainer]

Your weight really doesn't enter into the equation, except to indicate that you may want to start out with lower %s  (60-80%) until you experience some weight loss.  As always, follow your Rate of Perceived Exertion, also.

[Corne]

Thanks this is interesting.

I am a life time fitness member and did the treadmill fitness test with them.  According to that, i need to warm up for 9 minutes to get my heart rate up before doing any decent treadmill jogging/running.  I started training with the suggested workouts (interval training) - only to discover a weakness in my left outer hip that i am doing physical therapy for now. I am picking up weight with the basically no cardio workout program.... will be back on treadmill and stairmaster soon.

Now that i know my heart rate is so low - i can understand why i had so much difficulty in getting my heart rate up to 140.  It was nearly impossible.

[Dominique]

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@Corne wrote:

I would like to know my minimum and maximum heart rate as well using my resting heart rate.

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If you have access to a compatible heart rate monitor, you may want to use the Digifit iCardio app to determine your max. HR as well as your personal HR zone. See this blog post on their site:

http://digifit.com/2012/07/why-should-you-know-your-personal-heart-rate-zones/

After performing the Cooper running test, I found my max. HR was significantly higher than the value predicted by the standard formula (220 - age): 184 vs. 168 bpm.

Note you will also obtain a better estimate of your resting HR using a proper HRM (as opposed to a smartphone).

[258trainer]

You need to use the Karvonen Formula to get a better picture of your zone in relation to your RHR.

 220- Your Age is really basic, and doesn't take into account your cardio fitness level.

[texasely]

258trainer: I am 54 years old and I workout in Martial Arts and Boot camps minimum of 5 days per week and have for more than 11 years.  I also swim every chance I get.  My resting heart rate is currently registering on my fitbit at 73! It has never been that high.  Any suggestions to get it back to the 60s?

[josephz2va]

Generally they are correct at 220-age. But you also have to listen to your body and your doctor. Such as if you have pulmonary issues or you haven't trained in a few weeks to build up to your rate, you can die. I've read many articles on that happening. Someone I knew was running in the park and passed away from pulmonary failure and he wasn't trained up to specs to do such.

Even though I'm 36 and my Max Rate is 184 BPM, I tend to avoid going up there for a number of problems I have until I'm trained up to specs. Both legs and my breathing can't push very well when the HR Interval Trainer sets the resistance up to level 11 if I'm not burning rubber at 10-12 MPH. My max thusfar is 170 until I'm built up. I start up at 130 to 147. After a 4 minute warmup, I change it to 129 to 170 until I'm too tired to keep going and dial it back down to 130 to 147. 

Since I'm out of practice right now, I get a max of 15 minutes. I have to practice nightly until I can hold 170 a lot longer than 15 minutes without feeling fatigued or passing out. At least until I can get 60 minutes of running on the 130 to 170 setting.

[DwayneRice]

I'm 57 years old, I lost 100 lbs in the last 9 months. I now weigh 295.  My resting heart rate is 53.  Two weeks ago I had a sleeve Gastrectomy, the Doctor told me I could excercise again at 10 days.  I'm noticing that before surgery my heart rate was rarely in peak and mostly in the fat burn zone.  Since I've started walking again, a majority of my time is in the peak zone.  This concerns me, my resting heart rate is still the same and my heart rate recovers very quickly.  How much time is safe to be working in the peak zone?