Thread: Rest heart rate

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

great stuff mate , I reckon you'll be really happy with the home gym,I didn't realise you had a nautilus at home.most Gyms nowadays are built like a barbershop with all the Mirrors around

This way you'll be able to work in your privacy without having to wait for machine etc. and no membership fee . next time I come past I'll drop in for a workout.

Mate, if you weren't 3 hrs away, you'd have been invited by now.
By the way, love the mirrors. Great for keeping proper form (and watching the nice girls butt on the squat machine)

Originally Posted by Disco95

Mate, if you weren't 3 hrs away, you'd have been invited by now.
By the way, love the mirrors. Great for keeping proper form (and watching the nice girls butt on the squat machine)

yes very true . Good form is very important ( specially in a female )



doing squats with weights.....

Suunto is great, i do suunto classes at the Gym, you should find a gym that does them, I do the cycle classes. They setup a data projector and it shows everyone in the classes heart rate and the zone they heart rate is in based on there level of fitness/age/weight/sex etc. its quite good and very good motivation to make you push yourself, my heart rate usualy goes between 155-175 depending on how hard im going at the time and my heighest peak so far has been abou 188 in a big sprint section.

My resting heart rate is around 50-60, BTW im 30 and i have always exercised alot and been heavily involved in martial arts since i was a child.

I also do alot of weight training, 80% of it freeweights i rarely use the machines, some times i use the upright cable machine(standing type) I avoid the machines because they arnt much good for core strength i find, not to bad for focusing in on a small area though. Weight training starts out for me on free weights all the time and sometimes i finish on a machine to get a bit of extra burn.

Bench has always been one of my favourites, and always freeweight bench. At the moment i usualy start at 20x 60kg, 15x100kg 12x120kg then finish with 2-3 sets 8-10x140kg, at my best(about 12 months ago) i was doing single reps at 200kg and working weight was 160-170kg usualy 6-8 reps, i was pretty please with this as im not that big a guy(at that time i was 88kg) I had to change my training last year when i was getting ready for my wedding, I had to shed a few KGs and stop the super heavy stuff to fit my suit properly and also had to cut the suppliments(creatine, protein powders etc) for health reasons.


And yes, I think we all love watching the ladies work out - there is some incredibly hot women at my gym...

Originally Posted by cal415

Suunto is great, i do suunto classes at the Gym, you should find a gym that does them, I do the cycle classes. They setup a data projector and it shows everyone in the classes heart rate and the zone they heart rate is in based on there level of fitness/age/weight/sex etc. its quite good and very good motivation to make you push yourself, my heart rate usualy goes between 155-175 depending on how hard im going at the time and my heighest peak so far has been abou 188 in a big sprint section.

My resting heart rate is around 50-60, BTW im 30 and i have always exercised alot and been heavily involved in martial arts since i was a child.

I also do alot of weight training, 80% of it freeweights i rarely use the machines, some times i use the upright cable machine(standing type) I avoid the machines because they arnt much good for core strength i find, not to bad for focusing in on a small area though. Weight training starts out for me on free weights all the time and sometimes i finish on a machine to get a bit of extra burn.

Bench has always been one of my favourites, and always freeweight bench. At the moment i usualy start at 20x 60kg, 15x100kg 12x120kg then finish with 2-3 sets 8-10x140kg, at my best(about 12 months ago) i was doing single reps at 200kg and working weight was 160-170kg usualy 6-8 reps, i was pretty please with this as im not that big a guy(at that time i was 88kg) I had to change my training last year when i was getting ready for my wedding, I had to shed a few KGs and stop the super heavy stuff to fit my suit properly and also had to cut the suppliments(creatine, protein powers etc) for health reasons.


And yes, I think we all love watching the ladies work out - there is some incredibly hot women at my gym...

which gym did you say you train at again..?

Originally Posted by cucinadio

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but seriously l agree with the swimming part ...when i was younger l couldn't run very far long distance...but l could swim 4k a day every morning thats 16 laps of the pool ...it was the only way i could keep fit ..cardio wise.....all the best mate

cheers

Holy Moly they must have a long pool in Hervey Bay

I think you might find 4km is more like 80 laps of an olympic pool.

My son does 25 - 30 km a week in a pool... and yes swimming makes you exceptionally fit. And as said before it does have the advantage of no impact on joints etc..

I'm another one of those 40+ AULROians that should take a closer look at my heart rate and blood pressure.....Maybe I can use this thread as motivation to get of my ar$e a bit more often..

Mark

QUOTE=Bytemrk;1050961] Holy Moly they must have a long pool in Hervey Bay

I think you might find 4km is more like 80 laps of an olympic pool.

My son does 25 - 30 km a week in a pool... and yes swimming makes you exceptionally fit. And as said before it does have the advantage of no impact on joints etc..

I'm another one of those 40+ AULROians that should take a closer look at my heart rate and blood pressure.....Maybe I can use this thread as motivation to get of my ar$e a bit more often..

Mark[/QUOTE]

Last time I tried to do laps for fitness, I reckon they filled the pool with honey.
I don't remember being thatmuch restance when I swam in my younger days

4 km in the pool........let my think ....... yes that was 46 years ago
No I watch the swiming in the TV

I would think at My "Current" level of fitness , I would seriously struggle with even 5 laps of an olympic pool , and that's resting after each lap.


This week I'm clearing the garage out to retrieve my Mountain bike , I'm very much commited to getting back into shape.

Bytemark I look forward to hearing from you about your activities ( even if it's a walk for an hour ) in getting back into shape. you're more than welcome to use this thread as part of your Motivational plan.