What is your pulse rate?

[Kev]

I have a very high heartrate due to such a reduced lung capacity. Basically just sitting on my rowing machine will take it about 120 and I'm at 165 after about a minute.

Ive not tested it in a while but at absolute rest I inagine it gets down to about 75 now although that's when Im lying down. As I'm typing it's probably nearly 100 but quite frankly you have made me feel better Miles

[ryanman]

I have a very high heartrate due to such a reduced lung capacity. Basically just sitting on my rowing machine will take it about 120 and I'm at 165 after about a minute.

Ive not tested it in a while but at absolute rest I inagine it gets down to about 75 now although that's when Im lying down. As I'm typing it's probably nearly 100 but quite frankly you have made me feel better Miles

I get to 165 on a treadmill or rower pretty quickly. Does that mean I'm outrageously unfit? My times and distances indicate I have quite decent fitness but I think my lung capacity and heart rate are terrible. I'm still a smoker though. Sadly.

[VictorCharlie]

I have a very high heartrate due to such a reduced lung capacity. Basically just sitting on my rowing machine will take it about 120 and I'm at 165 after about a minute.

Ive not tested it in a while but at absolute rest I inagine it gets down to about 75 now although that's when Im lying down. As I'm typing it's probably nearly 100 but quite frankly you have made me feel better Miles

I get to 165 on a treadmill or rower pretty quickly. Does that mean I'm outrageously unfit? My times and distances indicate I have quite decent fitness but I think my lung capacity and heart rate are terrible. I'm still a smoker though. Sadly.

Its the smoking. Cut out the cigs and I bet within a week or two your resting hr would be 10-15 bpm lower.

[CFH]

I have a very high heartrate due to such a reduced lung capacity. Basically just sitting on my rowing machine will take it about 120 and I'm at 165 after about a minute.

Ive not tested it in a while but at absolute rest I inagine it gets down to about 75 now although that's when Im lying down. As I'm typing it's probably nearly 100 but quite frankly you have made me feel better Miles

I get to 165 on a treadmill or rower pretty quickly. Does that mean I'm outrageously unfit? My times and distances indicate I have quite decent fitness but I think my lung capacity and heart rate are terrible. I'm still a smoker though. Sadly.

I've had mine climb to over 180 when I'm doing really intense intervals. That can't be healthy.

My heart-rate always seems to get really high when I'm doing strenuous exercise, especially intervals.

[VictorCharlie]

I always thought the point of intervals/circuits was to get a really high HR versus strictly aerobic workouts that you keep a constant HR. I'll have to check my HR this week when I do my next circuit and see what I get up to.

[Youngblood]

ya, your HR should be the most it ever is, capable of being when doing HIIT.

[CFH]

So I probably won't die then...

I wasn't sure if there was a limit to how hard you were supposed to push yourself when doing HIIT.

I'd like to see how high it gets when I'm doing a tabata.

[Youngblood]

just don't try to sue me when you drop dead of a heart attack on your 7th rep...o wait, u can't. cuz ur dead. a hahaha

it's your resting heart rate which is more a measure of how healthy you are. as your cardiovascular health gets better, your resting heart rate will tend to be lower.

[Gandalf]

Well, day one of the new me. Breakfast of fruits, juices and yoghurts, lunch grilled chicken breast and a jacket potato. Dinner shall be a grilled pork steak with rice. I am going to lettuce next time out to supplement my meals. I am cutting out coffee and coke completely. For August I am also cutting out all alcohol as that gives me a craving for fast food the next day. Earlier today I took an hours walk around the lake and I shall do that everyday.

I am going to keep up my routine for a month and then go back and see if I have made any improvements. Liek Ryanman I am sqeamish and find it hard to relax at the best of times. When they were doing the test my breathing wasn't perfect and my mind was wandering. However, when they did it again the rate was still the same and I was a bit annoyed.

[Gandalf]

Ah, it seems I am not dying at all. My wife didn't explain properly what was being tested. It was my blood pressure and it seems that a rate of 102 isn't that bad, her rate of 84 is quite good. She is very healthy really, I am much more self destructive and insane. Still, I think I can do a lot to improve myself and will continue with my new regime.