HITT training and your heart's bpm

irishgal44

For those who do HIIT training:

I was considering purchasing a beachbody series that had a lot of HIIT training incorporated into it. However, I have a heart condition and my bpm are sporatic and can reach high numbers by doing little work. (over 200 bpm).

When you do HIIT training, what does your (normal) heart beat do for you? What are the ranges and how does HIIT training effect it? I asked friends on a support board for my condition, butsadly, they don't do much exercise. I refuse to be like that! :flowerforyou:

Hope i can get a few answers here...would just like an idea from different people so I can decide if HIIT training would be ok for me. Thanks in advance!

polo571

You can look at some of my posts on Hiit. I think 200 is a good high point I personally do one minute sprint and one minute waiting. Helps me keep my muscle and helps maintain my weight. I don't do it more then 3 times a week. I talk a lot about Hiit if you want to add me

irishgal44

Thank u!

DenverKos

I don't think most of us are able to answer this question for you unless someone has a heart condition, and even then, you're different from any one else. You should check with your doctor to make sure you don't kill yourself (literally). I don't blame you for wanting to do more than the other people in your support group - many people with various conditions use them as an excuse to be sedentary. But when you're talking the heart, that's a whole different ball game since you really can die from it.
If you've been working out a while, you know your limits and how you feel. How well do you read your body? Do you slow down the pace when you get too high? Do you use a HRM to see where you're at or go by RPE? How well controlled is your condition? So many questions in order for anyone to give an answer.
Good luck to you! It's great that you're not letting this keep you down!

andrejjorje

Depends on your age.A good formula to calculate max HR is 220-age =max HR. If your HRM is accurate and you feel OK I would ask your doc if you can safely can hit the max.By design you cannot hold for long the HRmax.Simply you cannot.If you have a condition play on the safe side.

For those who do HIIT training:

I was considering purchasing a beachbody series that had a lot of HIIT training incorporated into it. However, I have a heart condition and my bpm are sporatic and can reach high numbers by doing little work. (over 200 bpm).

When you do HIIT training, what does your (normal) heart beat do for you? What are the ranges and how does HIIT training effect it? I asked friends on a support board for my condition, butsadly, they don't do much exercise. I refuse to be like that! :flowerforyou:

Hope i can get a few answers here...would just like an idea from different people so I can decide if HIIT training would be ok for me. Thanks in advance!

michiganderrdh

Depends on your age.A good formula to calculate max HR is 220-age =max HR. If your HRM is accurate and you feel OK I would ask your doc if you can safely can hit the max.By design you cannot hold for long the HRmax.Simply you cannot.If you have a condition play on the safe side.

For those who do HIIT training:

I was considering purchasing a beachbody series that had a lot of HIIT training incorporated into it. However, I have a heart condition and my bpm are sporatic and can reach high numbers by doing little work. (over 200 bpm).

When you do HIIT training, what does your (normal) heart beat do for you? What are the ranges and how does HIIT training effect it? I asked friends on a support board for my condition, butsadly, they don't do much exercise. I refuse to be like that! :flowerforyou:

Hope i can get a few answers here...would just like an idea from different people so I can decide if HIIT training would be ok for me. Thanks in advance!

And at the highest you want 90% of your max (220-age; multiply this by .9 to get your MAX number).

Obviously, if there is concern consult with your Dr. and get an ok. HIIT is meant to get you to your MAX but be careful!

irishgal44

I don't think most of us are able to answer this question for you unless someone has a heart condition, and even then, you're different from any one else. You should check with your doctor to make sure you don't kill yourself (literally). I don't blame you for wanting to do more than the other people in your support group - many people with various conditions use them as an excuse to be sedentary. But when you're talking the heart, that's a whole different ball game since you really can die from it.
If you've been working out a while, you know your limits and how you feel. How well do you read your body? Do you slow down the pace when you get too high? Do you use a HRM to see where you're at or go by RPE? How well controlled is your condition? So many questions in order for anyone to give an answer.
Good luck to you! It's great that you're not letting this keep you down!

Yeah, killing myself isn't probably on my "to do" list. LOL. I spoke with my cardiologist about activity about a year ago and he said as long as I can tolerate it, I can do it. Try and keep my bpm under 185 (I'm 36). This is impossible for me - I'm a runner and I cannot keep it at that no matter how hard I try. But 200 or so is my limit (when I go up to 210, I stop running or slow down) until it decreases. Yeah, I am not one to stop my life because of this. In fact, my goal is to exercise through it and fight it. I have read that some people have actually retrained their heart out of their condition (it's called Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia). That's my plan.

irishgal44

Thanks everyone. I'm 36...I've done the calculations before. Cardiologist says he wants me to stay under 185 if possible. But going from a sitting position (heart at rest is around 80-100 bpm) to standing takes it to 120's as it is. It can be exhausting...but I really want to do some training.

I had a wonderful MFP member message me and let me know which beach body videos do more HITT trainings than others. Looks like one for sure is out of the question. :grumble: I think I will start with one that has less HITT exercises to prevent light headedness and then go to one with more next. I'd REALLY like to do P90x...(only because someone I know how is extremely arrogant told me I probably couldn't do it - never tell me that!! LOL).

Thanks so much everyone for your suggestions. You're all a huge asset!!

DenverKos

Yeah, killing myself isn't probably on my "to do" list. LOL. I spoke with my cardiologist about activity about a year ago and he said as long as I can tolerate it, I can do it. Try and keep my bpm under 185 (I'm 36). This is impossible for me - I'm a runner and I cannot keep it at that no matter how hard I try. But 200 or so is my limit (when I go up to 210, I stop running or slow down) until it decreases. Yeah, I am not one to stop my life because of this. In fact, my goal is to exercise through it and fight it. I have read that some people have actually retrained their heart out of their condition (it's called Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia). That's my plan.

That's good news, that you can do what you need to based on how you feel, and that you've got good communication with your cardiologist. I've never heard of that condition - glad that you might actually be able to reverse it with training. That's even more encouraging! Good luck!

tecallahan

My heart rate flies around like that when I first start doing intense cardio. But after 4-6 weeks, it settles down. It is still fast, but not crazy fast :-).