Thread: Rest heart rate

This guy Miguel Indurain`s resting pulse was as low as 28 BPM .
now thats low . I had mine at the peak of my fitness down to 46 BPM

Well I hit 40 about 8 months ago. I'd been sitting at a desk for 5 years and eating whatever I felt like, drinking TOO much. I hit almost 105kg. At 30 I was under 80kg.
I'd walk upstairs and be puffing, my stomach always entered a room before the rest of me, and I hadn't seen "my best freind" for some time.
Changed my diet 5 weeks ago, hit the gym, I've been doing a 30minute program on the treadmill for the last 2 weeks that goes from 6.4km an hr to 9.7km an hour and up and down hills. It's a killer, but when finished my heart rate is down to 117bpm.
Next week I'm back on the bike for 2 weeks (don't want to get bored)
Not to mention that I'm bench pressing over 110kg's as a workout weight
I'm getting the old "V" back in my physique.
Mate, push past the barrier and just keep it up. Best thing you can do.
And the wife wil LOVE you for it.
P.S. Lost 5kg in the last 5 weeks and I'm finally consistantly uner the 100kg mark

EDIT: Still drink TOO much

Originally Posted by Disco95

Well I hit 40 about 8 months ago. I'd been sitting at a desk for 5 years and eating whatever I felt like, drinking TOO much. I hit almost 105kg. At 30 I was under 80kg.
I'd walk upstairs and be puffing, my stomach always entered a room before the rest of me, and I hadn't seen "my best freind" for some time.
Changed my diet 5 weeks ago, hit the gym, I've been doing a 30minute program on the treadmill for the last 2 weeks that goes from 6.4km an hr to 9.7km an hour and up and down hills. It's a killer, but when finished my heart rate is down to 117bpm.
Next week I'm back on the bike for 2 weeks (don't want to get bored)
Not to mention that I'm bench pressing over 110kg's as a workout weight
I'm getting the old "V" back in my physique.
Mate, push past the barrier and just keep it up. Best thing you can do.
And the wife wil LOVE you for it.
P.S. Lost 5kg in the last 5 weeks and I'm finally consistantly uner the 100kg mark

EDIT: Still drink TOO much

That's really Good weight Disco95, How Many Reps would you do on that Weight ? I bet that's just warm up

We used to have one of our clerical staff working in the hospital many years ago.
He was only a little chap, but he used to run to work every morning (about 15km), and regularly ran marathons.
The Senior Medical staff used to get him to come in as a 'patient' every so often when the medical students were doing practical assessments.
At rest his heart rate was way below average, and he was often 'diagnosed' as having a serious heart condition by a student suffering severe exam nerves and not thinking the problem through. A quick look at the rest of his body, leg muscles etc would have been enough to dismiss the snap diagnosis.
cheers

Originally Posted by austastar

We used to have one of our clerical staff working in the hospital many years ago.
He was only a little chap, but he used to run to work every morning (about 15km), and regularly ran marathons.
The Senior Medical staff used to get him to come in as a 'patient' every so often when the medical students were doing practical assessments.
At rest his heart rate was way below average, and he was often 'diagnosed' as having a serious heart condition by a student suffering severe exam nerves and not thinking the problem through. A quick look at the rest of his body, leg muscles etc would have been enough to dismiss the snap diagnosis.
cheers

years ago I worked with a fellow that regularly competed in Triathlon , he used to ride 180km every saturday as part of his training during work at times He'd sit in the office with his heart rate Monitor and his rest heart rate be around 45-50 he wasn't Muscular fellow , just lean like a greyhound , he'd run up to mrs maquarie's chair , have a 5km swim and run back.

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

years ago I worked with a fellow that regularly competed in Triathlon , he used to ride 180km every saturday as part of his training during work at times He'd sit in the office with his heart rate Monitor and his rest heart rate be around 45-50 he wasn't Muscular fellow , just lean like a greyhound , he'd run up to mrs maquarie's chair , have a 5km swim and run back.

Some years ago, I was in hospital for an op and the nurse kept bringing in new HR /blood pressure monitors, because they thought they were all faulty. They were taking my resting HR when I first awoke (I was really still mostly asleep) and it was just under 40. Now, the point in me relating this story is this - after not really keeping anything even near fully fit, my resting HR is still mid 50's - so cardio fitness is something you can maintain with well targeted exercise.

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

That's really Good weight Disco95, How Many Reps would you do on that Weight ? I bet that's just warm up

Last workout I started at 50kg's and did 35 reps, next set was 70kg's and 25 reps. Then 90kg's and I think 15 reps, then 110kg's and 12 reps. I can do 1 light set and 2 sets at 1 X 10 reps then 1 X 8 reps on 110 kg's.
In 1 week I WILL be doing 1 light set then 3 x 12 reps at 120kg's
Actually, I'll try that on Sunday. (tomorrow is back and bi's)
By the way, this is on nautilis, I think on freeweights I would be pushing less.

Originally Posted by Scallops

Some years ago, I was in hospital for an op and the nurse kept bringing in new HR /blood pressure monitors, because they thought they were all faulty. They were taking my resting HR when I first awoke (I was really still mostly asleep) and it was just under 40. Now, the point in me relating this story is this - after not really keeping anything even near fully fit, my resting HR is still mid 50's - so cardio fitness is something you can maintain with well targeted exercise.

you sure you were still alive just at the moment

that's great Scallops , and as you said you tend to maintain to a crtain degree that level of fitness.wish i was fit enough for my heart rate to even below 60 I fit so unhealthly atm.Took the dogs for walk again tonite , luckily no ankle twists , nice relaxing walk a few times around the football oval.

Originally Posted by Disco95

Last workout I started at 50kg's and did 35 reps, next set was 70kg's and 25 reps. Then 90kg's and I think 15 reps, then 110kg's and 12 reps. I can do 1 light set and 2 sets at 1 X 10 reps then 1 X 8 reps on 110 kg's.
In 1 week I WILL be doing 1 light set then 3 x 12 reps at 120kg's
Actually, I'll try that on Sunday. (tomorrow is back and bi's)
By the way, this is on nautilis, I think on freeweights I would be pushing less.

I prefered the free weights over the Pinloaded machines , although the Gym that I used to workout in used to get quite packed and if free weights were used up I'd jump on the pinloaded machines.

This was 1 reason why I prefered early morning workouts and I used to have s....t loads of energy for the reset of the day.