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2003/01/14, 03:07 PM
I am a 41 year old female with a resting heart rate of 58. According to calculations, my upper limit is 153. However, I often go beyond that when I'm doing intervals on the treadmill and especially on the elliptical trainer. I don't even have to do intervals on that to get it way up there. My perceived exertion though is on the low side, usually at about a 6 or 7, even when my rate goes sky high. I have had bloodwork done that shows all enzymes, etc, are right where they should be and I am extremely healthy. Should I really pay attention to the heart rate or go with how I feel? I get somewhat paranoid when I wear my monitor!
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2003/01/15, 01:29 AM
If you had the tests and you feel healthy and well, then I wouldn't worry about it.
Being female (we normally have a higher resting heartrate than men) and 41 years old I'd say that you could easily go up to around 188 without any danger.
One last advice: stop wearing your monitor and start listening to your body!
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- Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
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2003/01/15, 07:56 AM
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Quoting from Philia2:
One last advice: stop wearing your monitor and start listening to your body!
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I've been wearing my heart monitor for so long now and I get more paranoid watching my heart rate go up. Sometimes I'm hardly working and my heart rate goes up! I probably haven't been working to my potential because of this! I think I'll leave my monitor at home today! thanks! P.S. My Doctor told me the same thing.
Although I DO have a question. What happens if your moving along and feel okay, but actually your in an "anarobic state". Doesn't it mean your working hard for nothing and not burning fat?
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2003/01/15, 11:40 AM
If I were you I would try and work out some HR limits based on your perceived rate of exertion. I'm 25 and my HR limits pretty much fit the calculations (except now I'm a bit fitter, I find my heart rate can go a bit higher before I feel as "exerted" as I used to).
As you get older, if you are fit and well your HR limits may well be higher- I was in a class with a 79year old guy and the instructor was making him stick to the recommended heart rates- the poor bloke was hardly moving! He was obviously fit, and didn't match up to the calculated HR's.
Use your common sense- do a test on the treadmill. At the speed where you feel you are bursting and can't go any faster, that's probably about 90-95% max HR. You can scale down from there. NOTE- don't do this if you have a dodgy heart at all!
For information, I usually find that:
50% max- walking about fairly quickly
60% max- slow jog, cycling. even breathing and could do it all day
70-75% max- feels good- reasonable running pace, could go on for ages, swaeting abit after a few mins. Breathing under control but having to focus on it.
80-85% max- getting tougher, faster breathing, lots more sweat!
90-95% max- I think I'm going to die now...Fast breathing, hurts, want to stop...
Hope this helps,
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