HR @ 190-200

beautifulnow

Ok so I use a HRM (polar) and my HR is pretty steady @ 190-200 the whole workout (excluding warm up/cooldown) I am being told by friends...who also think I workout to much...DUMB, that my HR should be 145-160 so I have google and I am in the "anaerobic" zone?? is this bad or good or really doesn't matter lol my goal is to lose about 60 pounds if that helps thanks ya'll

ashton0703

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p1xelate

My heart rate is often high too (in the 170s) but I don't feel that I am struggling so I keep going. Interested to know as well.

sarah44254

I seem to have a naturally high heart rate, and resting I am 95-110.

During any aerobic activity, the monitor shows easily 185+. Once I get to 195 I do feel tired though, so I back off the intensity. I have not seen mine reach 200.

Try to find your resting heart rate by wearing your monitor while sitting around watching tv or using computer. If it is high like mine, then you will still burn calories and lose weight exercising at 180-195 range (though please calm down if you feel pooped at all, 200 is dangerous)

If your resting heart rate is low, 50-70 example, then talk to a physician or doctor. You shouldn't have such a high heart rate during work outs compared to a low resting, I think. But I am no doctor

Christie81

When I workout, my HR is always around 190. I would figure out what your resting heart rate is and you can google the calculation for what your maximum heart rate is.

dave4d

It sounds a little high to me. I've heard of people getting it up that high for short periods of time during a HIIT workout, but their workout was only 20 minutes long, and it was only for a short time. I'm not a professional, but some things I've heard are that if you get it up in a certain zone, for a certain period of time, your body will start burning the muscle instead of the fat. I think the shortness of a HIIT workout is ok, but any longer than about 20 minutes and it may pull you out of the "fat burning zone". It seems like I have also heard that depending on your age, 200 will get you pretty close to cardiac arrest, so be careful. I would also be interested to hear about what others think....

watermelonstarfish

189 is the absolute highest i get, when i'm doing sprints at the end of a running session.



someone linked a site the other day, going to forward it on to you

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4736

Carissa83

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Pedro_Infante

Hello Everyone!

I love target heart training and heart monitors. Unfortunately the 220-age is not a one size fit all formula. I just want to cut to the chase and make a long story short. You can follow up with your own research.

There are a couple of ways to find out your true training range.

-Performing a max heart fitness test. (Not recommended without supervision)

or

-The Karvonen Heart Rate Formula

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calculator_target.asp

Pete

amccrazgrl

I feel like mine is always to low. I'm usually always in the fat burn zone.

rileysowner

It seems high to me, especially since it stays their during warm-up and cool down. I worry less about it during the actual workout, but when you cool down one of the things that should happen is you heart rate should drop. If it doesn't, you either are not cooling down at all, or there is something wrong either with you HRM or its strap or with you. As for training zones, the more I read about them, the less I think there is anything to them as far as fat loss. The goal in fat loss exercise is to burn calories, and you burn more the higher your intensity.

shanhawk

To find your max heart rate you should take 230 ( for women) or 220 (for men) then subtract your age.