Thread: Rest heart rate

Walking is one of the best exercises you can do - and it's easy on the body, especially if you've got past injuries. If you can aim for 3-5km a day you'll notice a difference.

Resting heart rate increases with age - conversely your max heart rate decreases with age. (for a good overview: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_rate"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_rate[/ame] )

Last week I wore my heart rate monitor at work for two days as I'm starting to train again and wanted to get an accurate resting HR - I'm between 50-70bpm with an average of 59bpm resting (I'm 22).

Those Suunto HR monitors are good.

That's sounds too high.

Fortunately I haven't got one of those things.

Originally Posted by samuelclarke

Walking is one of the best exercises you can do - and it's easy on the body, especially if you've got past injuries. If you can aim for 3-5km a day you'll notice a difference.

Resting heart rate increases with age - conversely your max heart rate decreases with age. (for a good overview: Heart rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )

Last week I wore my heart rate monitor at work for two days as I'm starting to train again and wanted to get an accurate resting HR - I'm between 50-70bpm with an average of 59bpm resting (I'm 22).

Those Suunto HR monitors are good.

i agree , walking is great ,I Try and walk my 2 dogs abt 4 nights a week for just under an hour , easy pace , my ankles are so weak that they tend to twist on flat areas of foot paths I must twist them at least 2-3 times on a nightly walk my rest heart rate should be around 70 , but has been high ,but it's only tonite that i managed to get an acccurate reading , 92 was the lowest it got to. I really should start excercising again . I used to enjoy riding a bike and still have my bike in the garage , so been thinking about riding weekends and some nights instead of walking

oh and yes the Suunto is a great device , and it has a Bonus time function

I'm not sure what to say on this one but heart rate and blood pressure are a serious issue at our age I would think.

You had better not stick that thing on me

Next time your up here I'm going to hide the keys for you rangie and see if you keep up with the wandering dog when the wood heater is arked up

Seriously, You should see a GP and go from there, Do you enjoy swimming at all? Very low impact compared to other exercise.
I noticed your ankles did not enjoy the terrain here at times

get off the footpaths and get into a pool,,
aquarobics, no ankle concerns.

I have just started swimming again and have found this to be one of the best forms of exercise. Half an hour two to three times a week. I have lost nearly 5kgs in about 3 months.

My mountain bike had been hanging up in the garage for the last 1 1/2 years and when I started thinking maybe I should get rid of it I decided to fix it back up and get out on it. I find it hard to sell things I am attached to..... like my Landy. Only been on it twice a week in the last three weeks and am really enjoying it again.

So with the big four zero coming up I thought I better get off the rear end and get back into some sort of shape.

The doc I am seeing wants me to lose another 5 kgs so some way to go.

Having made the effort I am feeling the best I have been in ages.

Hope you can get your BP and HR under control.

All I can say as an oldie is, chuck your self monitoring devices into a hidden cupboard drawer somewhere, or at least treat it for what it is worth (a guide) and go and see a reputable quack and listen to what he/she says.
Your worst enemy is your imagination!
An outside opinion is usually an unbiased one and therefore worth listening to.
Its a bit like looking in the mirror, what you see in the mirror is nothing like the view that is presented to the rest of the world. You only see what you want to see.
Regards
Glen

Try lying down and check your resting heart rate. Sitting up and typing - you get a HR of between 92 and 110. This isn't necessarily a issue. Each of us have a totally different maximum heart rate so our resting HRs will also vary - it will also vary depending on when you measure it - when you first wake up, lying in bed - check it then - I guarantee it will be lower - but get a doctor's opinion.