Heart-rate too high?

B

barbie

Guest
Hello my mother and I both do your tapes and she asked me to post this question for her. When she works out hard, by hard I mean so that she feels that she is working but she can still talk, her heart rate is 5 mnumbers higher than the graph says it should be. For instance she is 49 and her heartrate at 80% should not be higher than 25-26 but hers is 30. Yesterday she did Power Max and went easy...no jumping etc. and her H.R. was 26. She is in great shape and has always exercised, should she just keep doing what she has been (working hard with a Hr of 30 or should she tone it down? Thanks for the help!!!
 
Barbie
My heartrate is ALWAYS above the charts too and always has been. I heard somewhere that some people have genetically faster heartrates. I think those charts are meant to just be indicators anyway and not absolutes. Everybody is just too different. I can usually tell if I am pushing too hard-more perceived exertion, I guess. By the way I am 50 and have been working out (regularly) for over 10 years.

[font color=green]BETSY[/font]
 
What's most important is how quickly it comes down when you cool down. As long as it returns to normal quickly( and it may remain a little elevated for a while), you're fit and fine. If you are really worried, try this. For a few mornings before you get up, take your pulse and see what your resting heart rate is. Then check it a few times during the day and see what it is as you go about your normal day. Then after you work out, check your heart rate say after 10 minutes, then twenty minutes later and so on. That'll give you an idea of whats's normal for you. The key element is how long it's elevated. And you should be aware of how you feel. Take the talk test while you work out. Can you talk but not sin? As long as you can breath freely, you're cool!

http://www.plaudersmilies.de/natur/twinkle.gif Bobbi http://www.plaudersmilies.de/natur/twinkle.gif
 
Oh Bobbi...

You had me ROFLMAO!!!
You can talk but not SIN???
LOLOLOL...Gee, wonder what kind of "sinning" we gals could do during a Cathe workout???
Thanks for the best laugh of the day!
Hugs,
Lynn
 
Oops! Well, of course your heart rates gonna be elevated while you're sinning! hehe

I meant sing. If you can talk but not sing, you're working out hard enought, but not too hard!

Sinning while working out to Cathe might include fantasizing about an unclean diet or, heaven forbid, another instructor!

The only think I might be singing is, "Set me free why don't ya babe. Get out of my life why don't ya babe. You really don't need me, you just keep me at my lactic threshold. Oooh ooooh oooh.....":)

http://www.plaudersmilies.de/natur/twinkle.gif Bobbi http://www.plaudersmilies.de/natur/twinkle.gif
 
RE: HR too High?

I was wondering the same thing. I'm 55 and my heart rate after a Cathe step workout, it always about 27. I once had it up to 30 and I felt physically sick. I occurred to me the chart was there as a guideline and I needed to pay closer attention to the numbers - at least for me.

As for talking vs sinning...

DM
 
RE: HR too High?

I just started using a HR monitor, and it seems during every Cathe tape, my HR is too high and my watch is beeping like crazy. My max HR should be 163 and it's always 170 sometimes 179, but it comes down so quickly, I can't belive it. My resting HR is very good compared to the "chart" and on a scale of 1 - 7 one being very poor and 7 being a Cathe ;-) I'm a 5. So Sometimes I let it stay up, and sometimes when I feel I've been high too long, I do less jumping. That will get me down to 154 in no time.
Faythe :)
 
RE: Quick Question To All

Doesn't anyone else feel a little nauseated when you let your HR go up too high? I dunno...perhaps it's an "old age" thing (among other things). :D :(
 
RE: Quick Question To All

Donna,

Once in a while, when I'm going "all-out", I have felt a momentary rush of nausea. But usually, I get lightheaded first. That's my real signal to cool-it. I'm 46, and have always had the problem of my heart rate going too high. The funny thing is, though, I breathe fairly comfortably at about 150 to 160. It isn't until I'm in the upper 160s and beyond that I find taking a deep breath is difficult, or pausing between breaths to slug back a sip of water is harder.
My husband sometimes gets concerned when he hears me talk about my higher threshold heart rate. I just tell him that smaller animals have smaller hearts, not a big ole' lumbering cardiac muscle like his<G>! Then again, he was a Navy Diver with the UDT/SEAL Teams in his younger years, so it stands to reason that his heart would be much bigger and stronger from all those years of diving and physical conditioning.
Hugs,
Lynn
 
RE: Quick Question To All

The only time I've gotten nauseous from working out was the first few times I did MIS and BodyMax all the way through. Those long endurance workouts get to me for some reason. I've never had any trouble like that with cardio workouts though.


[font color=green]BETSY[/font]
 
RE: Quick Question To All

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Feb-08-02 AT 06:53PM (Est)[/font][p]Sometimes if I am working too hard near the end of a tape I will get lightheaded and vaguely queasy too. I'm 28. I sometimes think it is either dehydration or my blood sugar dropping, but now that I read these posts maybe my heart rate is getting too high. Hmmmm...
 
RE: Quick Question To All

I doubt it's an "old age" thing as I'm 24 and I get nauseous when I let my heart rate get too high. I invested in a heart rate monitor a few years ago and whether doing cardio or weights, I use this to gauge how fast my heart is beating. I find that when my heart rate is really high, especially during heavy leg workouts or running on warm/hot days, I get nauseous and have to sit down for about 5 minutes before I can continue. I've had this since I was a kid and I now attribute it to over-exerting myself in a short time-span, i.e. if I do something really hard in a burst, say plie squats with heavy weights, my heart rate spikes and is accompanied by a wave of nausea. The only things that really help me are first, to make sure I'm not overheating and have a fan pointed at me throughout indoor workouts, second, that I am hydrated before and during the workout, third, eating something small and mild, such as an English muffin or a banana perhaps 30-60 minutes before working out, and finally, I keep my heart rate from getting really high (by calibrating my limits with the heart rate monitor or just measuring it on my wrist). I have to pay close attention to all of these things as my carelessness is always answered with nausea. Cathe's tapes kick my butt and drive my stomach crazy, but the health & strength benefits are worth it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Our Newsletter

Get awesome content delivered straight to your inbox.

Top