I have been training my aerobic fitness for the past few months to help my tennis game. So I played my first tournament last weekend and I put on the heart rate monitor so I could gauge my heart rate and my heart rate was already in the 160s before I picked up my racket. I was alittle nervous and excited to be playing, but normally my heart rate is below 100 before activity. Even once I got warmed up and into the match my heart rate never recovered. Could be be due to nerves alone and adrenaline production? I played a 2 hour match and never got fatigued and my legs felt fresh, so the training seemed to help but surely it would be even better if my heart rate didn’t start out that high?
Thanks for your time and any advice you have!
Also if it maybe nerves any tips to address that?
Im 29
No pain at all
Ive been playing tennis for 13 years but first time ive started paying attention to heart rate
For the past 3-4 months I have only been training cardio on the treadmill or exercise bike, 4 times a week for a least a hour. Before that Ive trained anerobically with w
Im 29
No pain at all
Ive been playing tennis for 13 years but first time ive started paying attention to heart rate
For the past 3-4 months I have only been training cardio on the treadmill or exercise bike, 4 times a week for a least a hour. Before that Ive trained anerobically with weights and sprints. Before the match I was just sitting, waiting for my name to be called, picked up my bag and walked to the court. I put on my heart rate monitor and it was 160. Is that just from competition?
i was on the life cycle this is a bike with computer tests for your fitness. i am 40 and my target heart rate for fat burn is 117 and my target heart rate for cardio is 144 one time i keped my heart rate at around 117 to about 125 for the five minute test and it said verry poor. so the next time i brought it up to 144 to 150 for the five minute test and it still said very poor. my fitness level went from a 10 to twelve its hard to get your heart rate up when the peddles spin so fast that your feet fall off. is this an accurate test. what should i do if it is
A bike is no good because of bone on bone contact, rowing same problem. The gym I went to only let me use the upper body machines, no cardio at all. My legs ache due to the lack of exercise. My calf has lost mass due to lack of exercise. I tried a water arobics class, didn’t get my heart rate up and a lot of it was in neck deep water and involved jumping up and down in the pool.
I also would prefer to exercise at home.
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Ok. Last year I lost 45 lbs by doing cardio at the gym several times a week and eating really clean calorie wise at 1000-1200 calories a day. I was 5’8" and 230 lbs at 32 years old. I got down to 185 in about three months. Well, this winter I gained a lot of the weight back (was up to 225) and I do not want to do that anymore ever again!
So now I am back and I have done the same things as last year. I just lost about 15lbs so far and I really want to do all of the right things to maximize my loss amounts over the next 6 weeks (I have a trip I am going on then and want to look my best.)
So what exactly should I be doing to maximise my efforts?
Eat no more than XXX or no less than XXX amount of calories a day?
When doing cardio, should I stay at a certain heartrate, no more or no less and how long per session, 45minutes? An hour? How many days per week? I do use a heart rate monitor.
I believe in calories in/calories out and that indeed does work for me as well.
I’ve been doing cardio for 2.5 weeks now for 5 days a week for an average of 45 minutes per workout, I actually did 2 hours yesterday. I use a heart rate monitor and keep my heart rate between 120-160 for 99% of the workout and average around 145 bpm. I have not shed a single pound yet. I don’t look any skinnier and I have been eating the same as I always have. What’s going on here?
I’ve normally lost weight very quickly when I tried, last year I lost 12 lbs in 2 months because of a weight loss bet and the year before i lost 15 lbs in 2 months because of a weight loss bet. The only difference is those times I was biking to lose it, this time I’m running but with no results.
I just started working out a couple weeks ago, and I’ve been running and on the treadmill that I use there’s a heart rate monitor that you place your hands on it and it reads your heart rate.
So, I’ve had my heart rate read many times, and my average resting heart rate is 90-95 bpm. My bp (relevant?) is on average 115/75.
So, now on to actually working out..I’ll be walking at a mediocre fast pace (actual speed is 3.7 mph) and my heart rate is 137 on average. That doesn’t worry me..However, what does worry me is that when I begin running for about two minutes (6.0 mph…or jogging? ha) I check my heart rate on the monitor and it says 185. I’m like WTF?!?!?!?! That’s way over what it’s supposed to be. It says on a chart on the treadmill that while doing cardioyour heart rate’s supposed to be about 160 and I’m far from cardio so this kind of scares me a bit. I haven’t yet checked it myself yet because I actually didn’t think of it at the time. I’ve checked my heart rate numerous times on the monitor while running and it always says about 180.
So what should I do here? Is it more likely that I have something seriously wrong with me or that the monitor is messing up?
Btw…I’m not exactly a super healthy person. I’m 16, 5’11, heavy bone structure, 210, muscle mass is normal I suppose not huge because I don’t usually work out…So yea what should be done about this?
I am 20, 5’8" and 14 stone.
I am doing Jillian Michaels workouts at the moment. I have all her DVD’s and her biggest loser ones too and I do them all in rotation so my body doesnt become used to a specific exercise routine.
I exercise 6, sometimes 7, days a week. I eat a healthy diet and never above 1300 calories per day.
I bought a heart rate monitor yesterday and used it with her 40 min "banish fat boost metabolism" workout which is all cardio. It told me I had burned 400 calories and 1.82 ozs of fat. I don’t know whether this is good or not?
Also, since doing these workouts my legs have got rock solid…it’s brilliant! They’ve really toned up. But I don’t seem to be losing any weight on the scales…or toning up anywhere else on my body. It seems to just be my calves, quads and hammys. My inner thighs are still flabby. As is my stomach and arms and I still have back fat (by the way I have been working out for 3 weeks now). I would have expected to see a little more improvement than what I have? Why am I not losing weight or toning up anywhere but my legs?
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I’m not a hard-core exerciser- just looking for a way to see that I’m in my target zone during cardio. I used to have one that strapped around my waist and sent the rate message to my wrist band. But I don’t need something fancy.
Do you use one yourself? I’m not looking to spend a lot.
Im within normal weight range for my height. I rejoined my gym in early April and since then, have gone up 4 pounds…I workout an hour cardio within my target heart range and do weight training and ab work for about 1/2 hour as laid out by a trainer. I burn about 700-800 calories according to my heart rate monitor…I consume 1250-1500 calories per day, a clean eating diet, no processed foods or white flours/sugars. HELP!!! I also notice that my abdominal area SEEMS more flabby…what the heck am I doing wrong???
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I am 29 yr old female, and I have recently started working out 5 days per week (up from my normal 3). I have begun to lose weight and inches, and my fat percentage is slowly going down as well. I am doing 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight/circuit training per workout. I am wearing a heart rate monitor to make sure I keep my rate up to where it should be for optimal weight loss. I get home and I am SO TIRED and I have trouble getting up the next morning as well.
Someone suggested adding protein shakes to combat the fatigue,
when do I have the shakes, how much and how often! I am looking to tone, not bulk up!!!
I am following a diet high in fruit and fiber, and lean protein. I usually avoid breads and grains, and I eat many times throughout the day. (I am certainly not starving!)
I am curious to know why my heart rate gets so high with minimal exertion. Average resting is between 75-90bpm, slow walking up to 130, brisk/fast walking up to 155bpm (without being out of breath).
When I’m at the gym doing cardio and working hard it reaches around 178 (which is normal for the extertion) but it’s these other times that I can’t understand why it’s so high.
I’m female, 21, my blood pressure is on the lower side of normal at 116/64, I weigh 54kg (118lbs), 165cm (5ft5) tall, and I have a body fat percentage of 15.3. I have been going to the gym every other day for the last 6 weeks. I don’t smoke, don’t drink alcohol and eat pretty healthily. I just been told I have mild anaemia.
Can anyone help shed any light on why my heart rate is so high when I’m not working hard at all? Is it that I just have a lot of work to do to improve my fitness or is my BP or anaemia a factor?
Thanks in advance for your help
I rarely drink coffee, tea and other things containing stimulants so it can’t be that. I had a health check recently including a ECG and everything came back normal apart from my blood which indicated slight anaemia. Does anyone know if blood pressure is related to heart rate?
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I’m a 187lb 5′ 6" and 39 year old male. I recently started P90X, i have not worked out for a couple of years. I bought a heart rate monitor and I have noticed that my heart rate gets up to 170 bpm really quick and my resting heart rate stays above 100 bpm for a few hours after exercise. I feel fine but the the high resting heart rate concerns me. In the morning my resting heart rate is 68-75 bpm. I have had high blood pressure for a few years now and I know that a good diet and Cardio is the best way to bring the high bp down.. Should i be concerned or is it that im out of shape and my recovery heart rate is just going to get better?
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SOLE Elliptical machines: The science behind the machines. There is a lot of hoopla in the fitness equipment industry concerning Elliptical Trainers and which one has the best Biomechanics and Ergonomics. You’ll also hear terms like “Plantar flexion” and “Erector spinae rotation” and “Ulnar deviation”. We at Sole feel you shouldn’t have to have a degree in orthopedics to buy an Elliptical Trainer but you should understand the words Biomechanics and Ergonomics. Here are the official definitions: Biomechanics: The study of the anatomical principles of movement. Ergonomics: (from Greek ergon work and nomoi natural laws) The study of optimizing the interface between human beings, and the designed objects and environments they interact with. Simply stated Biomechanics is the study of how your body moves and Ergonomics is the study of how to build a machine that moves like your body does so you feel comfortable using the machine. For an Elliptical Trainer this means it should have a smooth, continuous foot motion, an Ellipse pattern (The pattern that your foot travels during exercise) that is level and simulates walking or running.
Okay, so I was at the gym the other night doing my normal 20 minutes of cardio. I usually use the heart rate monitors and notice my heart rate never goes about 170 (166 and I’m working REALLY hard and my breathing is labored). Anyway, I decided to cool down and when I held the heart rate monitors to watch my heart rate decrease and I noticed to my great surprise that my heart rate was 205 even though I didn’t feel like I was straining at all and just began to cool down.
I thought something was wrong with the machine’s monitor so I jumped on another one and got the same results. This freaked me out so I drove to the nearest emergency room since at that point the fear that my heart was about to "explode" gave me short breath, and light headedness.
The doc took my heart rate and blood pressure (both were good..94 HR even though I was anxious) and did and EKG which looked fine.
But I’m still worried and I’m nervous to go to the gym! I don’t want the same thing to happen again…. the doctor told me it’s normal for people my age (22) to have their heart rate go up that high when they are working hard, but I wasn’t working any harder than usual. I did have some caffeine that day which I never really drink, and I do have a history of general anxiety/panic attacks (but wasn’t feeling anxious in that moment).
Has this happened to anyone before? I want to go the gym, but I’m scared this will happen again.
I want to purchase a heart rate monitor (HRM) so that I can improve the outcome of my workouts. My cardio typically consists of running on a treadmill at the gym. Does anyone have any input as to which Polar HRM I should purchase? Are there any features that I should keep in mind when making my decision? If you’ve purchased a Polar HRM, which one did you get and are you happy with it? Any input on the matter is much appreciated. Thanks!
To use the treadmill to exercise at my maximum heart rate of 152 bpm, at what speed and how long should I walk/jog to warm up? What speed should I ramp up to in order to attain my maximum heart rate, and how long should I remain at that speed? What speed should I go down to when it is time to "warm down"? How long should I proceed at that speed until I stop the exercise? How many hours per week should I do this exercise to maintain cardiovascular fitness?
I am 48 years old. I usually weigh 201, but over the last 10 days I gained 6 lbs because I pigged out while on vacation! (I’m now at 207). For the past 12 months, I have exercised at a fitness center for 3-4 days per week for 1 hr. 15 minutes, 20-25 minutes cardio and 45-50 minutes free weights & machine weight resistance. I was told by a doctor last week that my body mass index is 29 (I think). Prior to beginning my exercise regimen 12 months ago, I weighed 218, and I was not in shape at all. Now, I’m pretty fit!
