Heart rate AFTER exercise....

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Bigbill810

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For example, here is what I did tonight:

Sitting bench presses, 3 sets.

Hammer curls on a preacher setup, 3 sets.

Then 15 minutes on a bike, 5 miles, averaging 18.7mph.

Workout felt good, legs and arms are taffy (lol), and I feel accomplished.

The problem is, it takes forever for my heart rate to go back down. I walked from the neighborhood gym back to my place slowly, as a cool down. Took about 7-10 minutes to get back.

Is there anything I can do to force my heart rate back down? It has me worried. See my "newcomers" post for info on my body type, etc.
 
your heart rate will go back down as your fitness level increases - It's not going to get there overnight..

What are you getting your heart rate up to when you're working out and what do you expect it to get back down to?
 
Well, according to the machine (bike), it was at 143 while maintaining the 18mph.

I'm sure because of my weight my HR is going to be average around 80-100 ish.

I'm not taking measurements of HR at home or anything, but when I counted for 10 seconds at normal breathing (sitting), my HR came out to be around 110-120. That rough measurement was taken about an hour or so after I finally sat down.
 
Do you know what your resting heart rate is?

at your age:
Age: 28
Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 320

If you go by the 220-age formula your max heart rate is 192

75-85% of your Max Heart Rate is 144-163 - which is where you want to shoot for eventually (without giving yourself a heart attack... )


these are pretty general formula - there's another one - the Karvonen formula that needs to know your resting heart rate that's generally a little more precise and your resting heart rate is best taken as you're lying in bed in themorning before doing any activity.

As your fitness level improves, your heart rate will also improve...

I would just be concerned about not over exerting yourself for the time being = the taffy arms and legs I'm not totally sure is a good thing.. .
 
I used to have a heart condition which would bypass all the normal nerves and send it into a rapid 250bpm. That was some of the scariest days of my life, but things I did to slow it down were sitting and concentrating on calm times. Its almost like a meditation method, there were others thing I did also but im not sure it would benefit you after working out.
 
I understand that the recovery heart rate is the most important number. Resting heart rate really does not indidate your fitness level, it's how quickly your heart rate recovers. Of course, using that stat, I should be dead.

I've been working out since the Labor day weekend. My resting heart rate is under 60. My max heart rate is around 170. My target heart rate is between 130-150.

According to the heart rate recovery charts, my heart rate should be dropping by at least 30 bpm in the first minute....anything less than that and I should be consulting my physician before exercising.

Well, I've been working out for 5 months now and my HRR is barely 30 bpm. I'm expecting to die shortly.
 
It used to take my RHR to take about 30 - 45 minutes to come down, now, after a year of training, if I stop for about 30 seconds to move to another machine, my HR could drop by 60 (i.e. around 175 down to 110).

As mal said, this takes time to achieve and shouldn't be a concern. Actually this is good to a certain degree because with an elevated HR, your body is doing more work at that time which leads to more calories being expended.

I would only worry if it is REALLY abnormal (say 140ish and not budging).
 
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