Recovery heart rate

emmab0902

Are there guidelines for time taken for exercise heart rate to return to normal resting rate? I am 41 so my theoretical maximum heart rate is 179. I often hit over 90% of this during exercise so wondered what parameters there are for recovery.

xraychick77

what i've seen, if your heart rate doesnt drop over 12 beats a min after your workout, you are in poor shape.

15-20 beats drop each minute after your workout is good shape.

if you drop 50 or more within the first min you are in excellent shape. <--- me (hehe)

it takes me about 2-3 mins for my heart to recover, or get back to regular/normal BPM.

emmab0902

Oooh I like that answer cos mine dropped from 170 to about 115 in the first minute!