A question about how safe certain Heart Rates are

[etalns]

Hey there, I've been starting to work out quite a bit as of recently. This afternoon I did a 20 minute jog then 1 hour on a stationary bike at about 80-90% throughout all of it. I only drank water twice durin it (before the bike started, and half way through the bike ride). I've been sick for the last week or so with a pretty bad cold (not sure if this will affect my heart rate) but I noticed that my heart rate was spiking up to 180 at some points which caused my bike to beep and me to worry. I'm 17, 6"1 and 185 lbs. I was wondering if there's anything I should worry about with a heart rate like this when working out, I was wokring out quite hard to say the least.

P.S. : My resting heart rate is 95-100.

 

[Heisenberg]

Holy triple post Batman!

Edit: Holy quintet posts Batman!

 

[UglyCasanova]

I'm no doctor, nor do I read Men's Health Journal, but that sounds pretty high.

 

[MrAwesome]

YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[McCarthy]

Quick and dirty formula that I've seen before for evaluating where your max heartrate should be:
WOMEN: 226-your age = age-adjusted Max HR
MEN: 220-your age = age-adjusted Max HR

Resting of 95 sounds quite high though. Lower the resting the better the physical condition or so it goes. I'm in lousy shape though and at 68 here at the computer. Go figure.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: McCarthy
Quick and dirty formula that I've seen before for evaluating where your max heartrate should be:
WOMEN: 226-your age = age-adjusted Max HR
MEN: 220-your age = age-adjusted Max HR

Resting of 95 sounds quite high though. Lower the resting the better the physical condition or so it goes. I'm in lousy shape though and at 68 here at the computer. Go figure.

Mine is 70. I'm not in good shape .

 

[Hubris]

Yeah, that's somewhat high, mate. Average resting rate is ~72. Let your cold clear up, then sit somewhere for like half an hour or so and take it again. If it's still in the 90's, I'd see somebody about it.

My resting rate is ~55.

 

[Ornery]

Just had a paramedical exam this last Tuesday for Life Insurance. She said my heart rate was 60. I had no idea whether that was good or bad, but she said, "hmmmm", like it was good. Blood pressure was 100/70 on the right arm and 95/65 on my left arm... hmmm?

I'm no physician, but if alarms are going off, I'd cool it. Is it really that important to do these workouts?

 

[AIWGuru]

WTF!

 

Originally posted by: Ornery
Just had a paramedical exam this last Tuesday for Life Insurance. She said my heart rate was 60. I had no idea whether that was good or bad, but she said, "hmmmm", like it was good. Blood pressure was 100/70 on the right arm and 95/65 on my left arm... hmmm?

I'm no physician, but if alarms are going off, I'd cool it. Is it really that important to do these workouts?

your heart rate is perfect. Do you work out at all...60 is what mine is around when I'm in halfway decent shape.

Anyway, your blood pressure can vary, and those two readings are not significantly different. However, they both seem a bit low to me. Did the doctor say anything?

 

[glugglug]

I wouldn't worry about it, 180 is high but not THAT high. When I first started working out mine would stay continuously around 173 for 15 minutes not just spike up there, and 173 at 29 is more extreme than 180 at 17 I think.

The heart rate on the lifefitness machines just blinks HR instead of displaying the number if you spike over 200.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Qosis
Hey there, I've been starting to work out quite a bit as of recently. This afternoon I did a 20 minute jog then 1 hour on a stationary bike at about 80-90% throughout all of it. I only drank water twice durin it (before the bike started, and half way through the bike ride). I've been sick for the last week or so with a pretty bad cold (not sure if this will affect my heart rate) but I noticed that my heart rate was spiking up to 180 at some points which caused my bike to beep and me to worry. I'm 17, 6"1 and 185 lbs. I was wondering if there's anything I should worry about with a heart rate like this when working out, I was wokring out quite hard to say the least.

P.S. : My resting heart rate is 95-100.

I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you have a heart condition you can't "break" yourself by working out too hard. I routinely hit 180+ on my bike and I'm 32.

BTW- were you using your own HRM or the one on the bike. The built-in thingys on most pieces of exercise equipment aren't even remotely accurate. $40 to buy a basic Polar monitor is money well-spent.

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Ornery
Just had a paramedical exam this last Tuesday for Life Insurance. She said my heart rate was 60. I had no idea whether that was good or bad, but she said, "hmmmm", like it was good. Blood pressure was 100/70 on the right arm and 95/65 on my left arm... hmmm?

I'm no physician, but if alarms are going off, I'd cool it. Is it really that important to do these workouts?

your heart rate is perfect. Do you work out at all...60 is what mine is around when I'm in halfway decent shape.

Anyway, your blood pressure can vary, and those two readings are not significantly different. However, they both seem a bit low to me. Did the doctor say anything?

At 46 years old, I'm doing renovation and construction work on an intermittent basis. Between that, keeping up the yard, and other maintenance, that's as much 'workout' as I care to do. I quit drinking coffee last December, so that might help some. Haven't slowed my intake of candy, cookies and donuts though!

The woman who did the exam, is an independent paramedical examiner, registered nurse. She didn't say much one way or the other. Her "25 minute exam" lasted over an hour due to all the medical history she had to record. She wasn't happy about that!