What is your heart rate?

Foxhound5366

Foxhound5366

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So like I shared in another thread I've started gymming and I'm keeping an eye on my heart rate to be safe.

My question is: what is your heart rate during rest, moderate exercise and hard exercise? [and maybe how fit are you generally coz I think that influences it]

My gym has a poster up that says your maximum heart rate should be 220 - your age. I'm 31, so that means my max heart rate should be 189.

My resting heart rate has been high my whole life, so I think that skews my numbers (and I'm admittedly unfit anyway - though working on it now!). At rest, my heat rate is generally around 85-100; moderate exercise pushes it up to 130-150; and during strenuous exercise (turns out jogging is way more strenuous than I figured) my heart rate jumps to 180-190 (at which point I slow the hell down lol).
 
Mine is around 60-80 when sitting in front of pc/tv and around 180 when pornhub is open
 
^^ lol mine is 66 when resting, not getting to much exercise so peaks at 130 when jogging/walking
 
Resting around 70bpm, never got it back to low 60's since surgery a couple of years ago.
Normal about 90bpm, sports between 110 and 160bpm.
 
mbayshark said:
^^ lol mine is 66 when resting, not getting to much exercise so peaks at 130 when jogging/walking
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Peaks and holds steady? That's interesting. Mine rises fairly consistently with extended effort. I'll start jogging at 120, then it will climb up to 140, stay steady at 160 for a bit and then climb over 170 as I start getting tired.
 
The 220-age thing is a very rough guide ideally you need to have someone define your range properly.

If you can still have a conversation but the HR monitor is higher than the above scale that's a good indicator that your max HR may be higher than average.

180-190 is very high though so that's a good idea to slow down.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
Peaks and holds steady? That's interesting. Mine rises fairly consistently with extended effort. I'll start jogging at 120, then it will climb up to 140, stay steady at 160 for a bit and then climb over 170 as I start getting tired.
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Checked know. Average resting is 63. Highest my heart rate went this week was 145 on Monday. Otherwise peaks at around the 120's. But like I said not exercising, just day to day work chores.
 
Age: 31
Fitness level: gym up to 6 times a week

Resting: 59
Running at 11km/h : ~157
Sprinting at 18-20km/h : ~183
 
Nice guys, keep it coming. I think a lot of you are clearly where I want to be down the line, but I wonder whether there's anybody else on here who has managed to determine that they have a higher natural heart rate than that rule of thumb. Honestly when I'm pushing 170-180 I'm panting but I'm far from "I'm gonna die" levels of stress, so although I don't intend to push further to be safe I would like some peace of mind on this.
 
Holy moly, if my heart rate dropped to 40-50 I'd be worried I was dying lol. That's impressive jman.
 
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