High resting heart rate

xtina315

I have tachycardia. Even when I was thin, and very active my resting was always 100. My doctor thinks it may have been from having scarlettfever twice as a child-which is when the tachycardia began. Now I am on beta blockers because now that I am over weight my resting is 135ish (w/o beta blockers), and during my workouts it tends to be 180-200 w/o beta blockers, I'm around 100 resting now while on medication and 160-180 working out now.

thunder1982

I have a Fitbit surge and have found it to be accurate compared to the hrm they use at the blood bank.

But I don't use it to guide my exercise, I look at it afterwards. I have found that for me an extra push for speed can dramatically affect how far I can run (not linear). I use breathing/effort as a guide.

Like many have said my resting heart rate has improved with exercise and also seen an increase in heart rate i can achieve and sustain during exercise.

cbihatt

I don't have a high resting heart rate. But, the formula for max heart rate is not even close to being accurate for me. It's one of the main reasons I scoff at the idea of using a heart rate monitor for determining calorie burns from exercise. According to the formula, my max should be 184. But, when I run at what I would call moderate effort, my heart rate is easily around 177 and I've seen it get to 199 when I am doing higher intensity.

Using Google, you can find tons of articles about how the formula is not accurate. Read this one from the NY Times:nytimes.com/2001/04/24/health/maximum-heart-rate-theory-is-challenged.html?pagewanted=all

AnnPT77

aim_3 wrote: »

I don't have a high resting heart rate. But, the formula for max heart rate is not even close to being accurate for me. It's one of the main reasons I scoff at the idea of using a heart rate monitor for determining calorie burns from exercise. According to the formula, my max should be 184. But, when I run at what I would call moderate effort, my heart rate is easily around 177 and I've seen it get to 199 when I am doing higher intensity.

Using Google, you can find tons of articles about how the formula is not accurate. Read this one from the NY Times:nytimes.com/2001/04/24/health/maximum-heart-rate-theory-is-challenged.html?pagewanted=all

Side note: A good heart rate monitor will allow you to set your actual maximum. From a max test, my heart rate max is 181. The (outdated) 220 - age formula would give me an estimate of 160; using that would seriously compromise my training's effectiveness. But I have no problem setting my Polar HRM to use my actual max.

Some heart rate monitors will even help you run a test to estimate your actual max.

mkakids

sijomial wrote: »

As you are an outlier in terms of your resting HR you may well also be an outlier in terms of estimating max HR (220 - age is a very rough approximation only) and exercise HR.
Suggest you just go by perceived effort rather than HR for your exercise.

You could do a max HR test but suggest you do that only after getting fit - it's very taxing.
I'm an outlier for min HR (48 - 50bpm) and my tested max HR was 176 when the formula would have given 165bpm.

PS
Using a basic heart rate monitor for calorie estimates would be very misleading for you!

This is what my Dr has told me.

Im 32 and a runner. I run half marathons a couple times a year and run very regularly. My resting heart rate (taken before getting out of bed), is usually around 98. During a moderate effort run (where i can talk normally), it gets to around 170...and if I do HIIT, and really push it...I've seen 194 before.

My dr is not concerned. Ive had some testing done and Im healthy and good to go.

Ive lost 75#, so it hasnt impacted my weight loss over the last 15ish months.

ashenk224

Colorscheme wrote: »

I have a high resting heart rate. Like, 120 or so. I have palpitations and pvc's and I also have an extra electrical pathway that had to be ablated with surgery. I also have POTS. I had numerous normal ekg's, it was only when I had an implanted device in my chest that the doc saw what was really wrong. I've been seeing a cardio the last eight years and always will have to as well as take beta blockers.

If you think something is off then I suggest to see a doctor.

My electrophsyilogist also used the 220 minus age rule and he said my heart rate was in the upper limit of normal, but when he did the EP study my hr was in the high 200s, about 280 bpm. [They provoke rhythms on purpose, it's controlled] and that confirmed the extra pathway.

Wolff Parkinson White?

ashenk224

A resting HR between 60-100 in a normal sinus rhythm is generally not an issue as long as there are no symptoms and no other health conditions such as congestive heart failure or anemia. HRs can also be elevated due to caffeine, anxiety, and dehydration. For those HRs on the high end of normal, doctors will most likely just recommend exercise. The more you workout, the lower your resting HR will be. Conditioned athletes will often times have resting HRs in the 40s. If exercise doesn't bring any changes, the doctor may further assess the situation. It's ALWAYS important to see your doctor if you have any concerns. Better safe than sorry.

I have Wolff Parkinson White where I have an extra electrical pathway that can cause rapid and irregular heart rates. I kept having shortness of breath and I could feel my heart racing. I was blown off and told it was just anxiety until I refused to leave the emergency room and demanded they further looked into it. That's how I found out I even had Wolff Parkinson White. My resting HR was 110-120. When I would run, my heart rate would hit 190. I am currently taking a beta blocker for it so my heart rate now stays around the 70-80s at rest. When working out my HR now won't go above the 150s. I am doing an ablation to permanently correct the problem (as long as there are no complications) and then I can get off the medication.

KDar1988

ashenk224 wrote: »

A resting HR between 60-100 in a normal sinus rhythm is generally not an issue as long as there are no symptoms and no other health conditions such as congestive heart failure or anemia. HRs can also be elevated due to caffeine, anxiety, and dehydration. For those HRs on the high end of normal, doctors will most likely just recommend exercise. The more you workout, the lower your resting HR will be. Conditioned athletes will often times have resting HRs in the 40s. If exercise doesn't bring any changes, the doctor may further assess the situation. It's ALWAYS important to see your doctor if you have any concerns. Better safe than sorry.

I have Wolff Parkinson White where I have an extra electrical pathway that can cause rapid and irregular heart rates. I kept having shortness of breath and I could feel my heart racing. I was blown off and told it was just anxiety until I refused to leave the emergency room and demanded they further looked into it. That's how I found out I even had Wolff Parkinson White. My resting HR was 110-120. When I would run, my heart rate would hit 190. I am currently taking a beta blocker for it so my heart rate now stays around the 70-80s at rest. When working out my HR now won't go above the 150s. I am doing an ablation to permanently correct the problem (as long as there are no complications) and then I can get off the medication.

Good luck with the ablation. My mother had a fast heartbeat due to some childhood illness. I remember days when she'd be laying in bed completely exhausted from it beating so fast. I could see her chest rising with every beat. Scarey. She has had ablation and countless other procedures over the years.

cbihatt

AnnPT77 wrote: »

aim_3 wrote: »

I don't have a high resting heart rate. But, the formula for max heart rate is not even close to being accurate for me. It's one of the main reasons I scoff at the idea of using a heart rate monitor for determining calorie burns from exercise. According to the formula, my max should be 184. But, when I run at what I would call moderate effort, my heart rate is easily around 177 and I've seen it get to 199 when I am doing higher intensity.

Using Google, you can find tons of articles about how the formula is not accurate. Read this one from the NY Times:nytimes.com/2001/04/24/health/maximum-heart-rate-theory-is-challenged.html?pagewanted=all

Side note: A good heart rate monitor will allow you to set your actual maximum. From a max test, my heart rate max is 181. The (outdated) 220 - age formula would give me an estimate of 160; using that would seriously compromise my training's effectiveness. But I have no problem setting my Polar HRM to use my actual max.

Some heart rate monitors will even help you run a test to estimate your actual max.

Yes, I could change the max, but I have no idea what my max is and really don't care. I don't have a way to run a test and no need to go to a doctor for one. So, to me, it is not useful information.

From the article I posted:

"Dr. Fritz Hagerman, an exercise physiologist at Ohio University, said he had learned from more than three decades of studying world class rowers that the whole idea of a formula to predict an individual's maximum heart rate was ludicrous. Even sillier, he said, is the common notion that the heart rate is an indication of fitness.

Some people get blood to their muscles by pushing out large amounts every time their hearts contract, he said. Others accomplish the same thing by contracting their hearts at fast rates. As a result, Dr. Hagerman said, he has seen Olympic rowers in their 20's with maximum heart rates of 220. And he has seen others on the same team and with the same ability, but who get blood to their tissues by pumping hard, with maximum rates of just 160."

My approach is to exercise based on perceived exertion and ignore calories burned. I raised my base calories for nutrition to compensate. It seems to work for me, but I know my method isn't the way most people do things.

*edited to fix quote

Colorscheme

ashenk224 wrote: »

Colorscheme wrote: »

I have a high resting heart rate. Like, 120 or so. I have palpitations and pvc's and I also have an extra electrical pathway that had to be ablated with surgery. I also have POTS. I had numerous normal ekg's, it was only when I had an implanted device in my chest that the doc saw what was really wrong. I've been seeing a cardio the last eight years and always will have to as well as take beta blockers.

If you think something is off then I suggest to see a doctor.

My electrophsyilogist also used the 220 minus age rule and he said my heart rate was in the upper limit of normal, but when he did the EP study my hr was in the high 200s, about 280 bpm. [They provoke rhythms on purpose, it's controlled] and that confirmed the extra pathway.

Wolff Parkinson White?

AVNRT, actually. For whatever reason, the countless holter's and EKG's and thirty day monitors never caught it, but the implanted loop recorder did. I had it implanted after an episode of ventricular tachycardia.

Good luck with the ablation, it's tough. You will feel icky afterward. I had chest pain for 2 weeks, utter fatigue [couldn't do ANYTHING], and it was extremely painful laying flat on the back for eight hours. I also had my catheter sites bleed so the nurses had to put sand bags on my leg to put pressure on it.

That said, after two weeks i felt mostly normal and that was it. I still need beta blockers for POTS but oh well.

mzfrizz15

Talk with your doctor if you're concerned. My rest HR was higher when I was heavier than I am now. ALSO! Medication can be a factor. I'm on a medication that's a mild stimulant, which raises my HR slightly.

JTGJTG

Mine is 127 resting. I'm down to the last 8 pounds and otherwise more muscle than most women 50+. I do have T2D on Rx, no insulin. BP is normal. Not a Type A person (but live with one. lol). On socialized medical care with no consistent doctor and certainly none that care beyond suggesting another Rx. Anyone have suggestions no what might be causing the high rate?

BuddhaB0y

Funnily enough I have the exact opposite thing going on.

I'm morbidly obese still (down 130lbs) and 43 male and my resting heart rate is always 49-51

I have a Fitbit blaze and its bang on with the hospital monitors.

Very strange.

TeresaB12345

I had an ablation for tachycardia and it was the best decision ever - very easy recovery and such a relief not to have those episodes. My resting hear rate is still higher than normal but it doesn't bother me now that the arythmia is fixed.

AussiePeach

I have supraventricular tachycardia, where my rating heart rate is around 120bpm regardless of my fitness or weight. I'm on a calcium channel blocker to bring it down a bit but it still sits at about 95-100bpm when resting.

Because of this, I've been told to be careful of overworking my heart when exercising. Even with my medication, my heart rate can top 200bpm when exercising hard, which is fast enough to potentially damage the heart.

So it's worth checking with your doctor to make sure your exercise heart rate is within safe limits!