Heart rate too high?

[barbie]

Hello my mother and I both do Cathe's 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!!!

 

[Bobbi]

As long as she is not experiencing any signs of distress, shortness of breath, dizziness, she's fine. Have her take her heart rate a few times during the day as she goes about her business. Then, after she works out, have her check her HR every five minutes to see how quickly it returns to normal. (It'll be a little elevated for a while.) If her heart rate comes back down pretty quickly, that's a good sign she's fit. But, if she's really concerned though, call that old doctor and check it out!

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