Thread: Rest heart rate

I lost 28kg over the past 18 months. No secret fomula, jst get up and go for a 4-5km walk 3 or 4 times a week and cut the crap out of your diet. Instead of the pie or fish and chips for lunch have the brown bread salad roll or sushi instead. Instead or eating a box or shapes or a bag of peanuts while watching TV have some dried fruit instead. Drink Pure Blonde or any low carb beer.

Turned 50 this year and am now fit enough to have a 1/2 game of rugby with my 18 year old son as well as a game or Golden Oldies yesterday. Yes I am bloodly sore today but I got around the paddock with the rest of the team and ever made a break before getting tackled from behind.

The hardest thing is just getting started and sticking with it. It is easy to lay in bed and say "I will start next week". START NOW! Your body, your family and your doctor will all give you the thumbs up

Originally Posted by Chenz

I lost 28kg over the past 18 months. No secret fomula, jst get up and go for a 4-5km walk 3 or 4 times a week and cut the crap out of your diet. Instead of the pie or fish and chips for lunch have the brown bread salad roll or sushi instead. Instead or eating a box or shapes or a bag of peanuts while watching TV have some dried fruit instead. Drink Pure Blonde or any low carb beer.

Turned 50 this year and am now fit enough to have a 1/2 game of rugby with my 18 year old son as well as a game or Golden Oldies yesterday. Yes I am bloodly sore today but I got around the paddock with the rest of the team and ever made a break before getting tackled from behind.

The hardest thing is just getting started and sticking with it. It is easy to lay in bed and say "I will start next week". START NOW! Your body, your family and your doctor will all give you the thumbs up

you'e right , the secret to loosing "weight" is WHAT you eat and HOW much you eat
I do like the walks 3-4 times a week , Soft drinks are my biggest killer ( pepsi Max or sunkist ) and the number of coffee I have at work with 2 teaspoons of sugar . and have 3-4 of them , so that is considerable amount of sugar in my intake.
I said earlier in thread ,I am 100% commited to getting back into shape which is why I'm clearing out the garage to get my Mountain Bike out again , Re: Drinking beers I only drink once a week would you believe it although I do Joke about drinking beers most times I actually don't drink much , and that's on a friday night with the blokes from work and my absolute limit is 4 beers.

Gee you lot.
With the resting heart rate it can also depend on your stress levels. Our area had a health and well being program last year. On average we were the worst for high blood pressure and stress that the testers had ever seen.
I have to start walking but have also been told not to do it from home as it needs to be on the flat not any hills. My other option is an exercies bike.

Originally Posted by George130

Gee you lot.
With the resting heart rate it can also depend on your stress levels. Our area had a health and well being program last year. On average we were the worst for high blood pressure and stress that the testers had ever seen.
I have to start walking but have also been told not to do it from home as it needs to be on the flat not any hills. My other option is an exercies bike.

What's your Blood pressure like George ? and have you any idea what your rest heart rate might be? My Current rest Heart Rate is 95 That is a bit high.

Resting was up at 86. These days it's 77 so a little better. I did have a decent stress attack back at the beggining of the year though. Was quite a scare. Thought I was having a mild heart attack but due to circumstances told my self I didn't have time for that right now and kept driving to get back to my middle child in the hospital. Took me a week to get my energy back so I went to the doc. Tests came back ok so he put it down to stress over work and family.
At least I have ultra low cholesterol and weight.

Originally Posted by George130

Resting was up at 86. These days it's 77 so a little better. I did have a decent stress attack back at the beggining of the year though. Was quite a scare. Thought I was having a mild heart attack but due to circumstances told my self I didn't have time for that right now and kept driving to get back to my middle child in the hospital. Took me a week to get my energy back so I went to the doc. Tests came back ok so he put it down to stress over work and family.
At least I have ultra low cholesterol and weight.

Sorry to hear mate , Hope It's all gets better for you thou my best wishes for your middle child.

I went for a walk tonite with my doggies , I actually just got back , a walk that usually takes me anywhere between 45 min to 1 hour I completed in 35 min , the only thing I did different is run some of it , the Heart rate Hit 175 up a hill this is actually very close to my maximum theoretical and after 1o minutes of sitting down recovery rate is 120.

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

What's your Blood pressure like George ? and have you any idea what your rest heart rate might be? My Current rest Heart Rate is 95 That is a bit high.

When are you taking your resting heart rate? The only truly reliable and reproducible time if first thing when you wake up before getting out of bed - even light walking around during the day will allow the HR to rise, and will stay up quite a while even if you sit and do nothing - also remember caffeine will raise the heart rate and will last a minimum 2-3hours post consumption, and in some people up to 8 hours even if you think the effects have worn off.

In the field I am studying/working in, we require patients to abstain from caffeine for 24-48 hours for some tests because of its lasting effects on the heart and circulatory system...

Seano

Originally Posted by seano87

When are you taking your resting heart rate? The only truly reliable and reproducible time if first thing when you wake up before getting out of bed - even light walking around during the day will allow the HR to rise, and will stay up quite a while even if you sit and do nothing - also remember caffeine will raise the heart rate and will last a minimum 2-3hours post consumption, and in some people up to 8 hours even if you think the effects have worn off.

In the field I am studying/working in, we require patients to abstain from caffeine for 24-48 hours for some tests because of its lasting effects on the heart and circulatory system...

Seano

Thanks for the advice Seano I generally take my rest HR a while after I'm seated on a chair and comfotable , I'm going to place my heart rate chest belt on tonite and take my rest HR as soon as i wake up in the morning , I have not drank coffee since 4:00 am this morning so Effect of Caffein should hopefully have vanished by tomorrow at 4:30 am.when I wake up to eat again before sunrise