Beginner running at 85-90% my maximal

snowy0wl

I'm 45 and just learning to walk/jog and at rest my heart rate is 92ish.

When I exercise and 'push' I can hover between 150 and 160, and peak as high as 175. Is there something I should watch for as I just found out that's roughly 85-90% my maximal
175hbpm.

beemerphile1

If your resting heart rate is 92, I hope you have a doctors approval to exercise.

How high of a rate you hit doesn't matter much. You get in shape by maintaining an elevated rate for 20 minutes or more. My average rate for a 5K today was 134 with a maximum of 159. I am 59.

snowy0wl

Actually from what i read if it's not normal for me then it's to be concerned. a resting heart rate can be okay up to 100. I can mention that on my next talk with a dr.

diegops1

I ran ambulance for years and 92 is pretty high for a resting rate. I would definitely get that checked out. I used to cycle at 160 to 190 bpm when I was 40 yrs old. According to the typical calculator at that time my target zone should have been between 120 and 155 with a max of 180 bpm. I could maintain between 160 and 190 for an hour regularly. The calculators are based on safe averages and each person is different. However, unlike the citizens of Lake Woebegone, not everybody is above average. Half of us are below average. So you have to work some of this out for yourself. Just be aware of the risk you are taking and be cautious when pushing the envelope.

LKArgh

Talk to your dr. Your resting heart rate is the possible problem here, not your heart rate during exercise. It could be you are really out of the shape (I think the less you exercise, the higher your resting heart rate is) but still 92 sounds too much, in my completely non-expert opinion of course.

MeanderingMammal

92 is high for a resting heart rate, it's even a little high for a heart rate at rest during the normal day. For RHR take your heart rate just after waking and before rising.

As far as the rest is concerned, 220-age is a very rough approximation, so I wouldn't be concerned about that.

If your RHR is 92bpm then I'd support the suggestions over getting some GP advice on starting.

_Zardoz_

My guess is you've not calculated your RHR accurately. If though you think it is go and see a doctor

snowy0wl

I have access to an ihealth blood pressure cuff (not finger based) so I don't know if that can be off (consistently) I've also have exercised with a mio alpha and it's about the same RH.

MeanderingMammal

That RHR is high, so don't do anything until you've spoken to your GP.

My RHR is about 55 on waking, and about 65 when working at my desk. I'd consider those still a bit high and can be reduced further.

At the other end of the scale, my theoretical MHR is 176, I'm regularly in the 195-200bpm range when I'm doing high intensity sessions, so it's not dangerous nuless there is an underlying problem.

snowy0wl

getting some tests done.. includes a EKG plus a bunch of other stuff. He seemed to think that exercise is never a bad thing, it's going to be a week before I get tests results. I guess I'll keep going. A large portions of my losses are just water. so boo hoo on that. lol. My heart rate is elevated just walking around so that's easy to keep 'exerciseing' if that what that is.