Freaky Heart

randrews

Hi everyone. This is my first post, though I love the site and reguarly read all of the posts. MFP provides a wonderful sense of community and lots of great support.

Here is my problem. I got a heart rate monitor and it is ruining my workouts! My resting heart rate ranges from 33 to 37 beats per minute. I know--very low. Trust me, I am not a highly trained athlete. When I walk I try to keep my heart rate in the 70 to 80% range, but if I iam in that range my perceived rate of exertion is almost none--it is like I am walking through the mall. But then when I jog, my heart rate skyrockets. If I am jogging and feel really great, I am inevitably in the 90 to 95% range but my perceived rate of exertion is really about a 7 or 8--I could still carry on a conversation though it might be a little breathless, and I am not struggling to breath. When I stop jogging, my heart rate quickly very quickly, and when I am done working out my heart rates returns to 50 or so beats a minute in about 2 minutes.

I know that my HRM is working b/c I have tested it by taking my pulse--it is always dead one. I have a Polar F4.

My typical cardio workout is to walk for one song and then jog for two songs. It isn't in my genetic makeup to intentionally cause myself discomfort so I rarely push myself too hard.

Any insight, experience, suggestions for me and my freaky ????

randrews

Hi everyone. This is my first post, though I love the site and reguarly read all of the posts. MFP provides a wonderful sense of community and lots of great support.

Here is my problem. I got a heart rate monitor and it is ruining my workouts! My resting heart rate ranges from 33 to 37 beats per minute. I know--very low. Trust me, I am not a highly trained athlete. When I walk I try to keep my heart rate in the 70 to 80% range, but if I iam in that range my perceived rate of exertion is almost none--it is like I am walking through the mall. But then when I jog, my heart rate skyrockets. If I am jogging and feel really great, I am inevitably in the 90 to 95% range but my perceived rate of exertion is really about a 7 or 8--I could still carry on a conversation though it might be a little breathless, and I am not struggling to breath. When I stop jogging, my heart rate quickly very quickly, and when I am done working out my heart rates returns to 50 or so beats a minute in about 2 minutes.

I know that my HRM is working b/c I have tested it by taking my pulse--it is always dead one. I have a Polar F4.

My typical cardio workout is to walk for one song and then jog for two songs. It isn't in my genetic makeup to intentionally cause myself discomfort so I rarely push myself too hard.

Any insight, experience, suggestions for me and my freaky ????

PrincessLaundry

Your HR is very low, do you know why? You should have your doctor work with you by doing a heart rate stress test would be good for you both to determine your goals.

areason4stars

I would def get that checked out by a Dr !

shorerider

There was someone recently with a similar problem about a low heart rate. I found the thread--maybe it can help.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/13685-slow-ticker-low-calories?hl=lance+armstrong&page=1#posts-104319

randrews

Thanks for the feedback. Probably need to have this checked out.....