Recovery Heart Rate when using a Heart Rate Monitor

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ltfrombc
ltfrombc Posts: 22
in Fitness and Exercise
I have just bought a heart rate monitor to help me with my walking. It seems easy to set up and for the most part is is self expanatory except for one thing: there is no explanation on what the numbers mean for the recovery heart rate? I can set my monitor to determin my recover heart rate at either one minute or two, but have no idea if the results are good, fair, poor. I have tried to google to find more information on it, but haven'd found anything that explains it and what the numbers mean.

Any direction would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks.

Lori

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  • planetcitygirl73
    planetcitygirl73 Posts: 57 Member
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    This is what I found when I Googled "recovery heart rate". Seems pretty well explained here.
    http://www.drmirkin.com/heart/8076.html
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
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    This is what I found when I Googled "recovery heart rate". Seems pretty well explained here.
    http://www.drmirkin.com/heart/8076.html

    The only thing I would caution is that rate of heart rate recovery will depend on duration and intensity of workout, also age.

    A younger person who is getting heart rate up into the 170s might see a 50 beat drop in the first minute if they are in excellent shape and doing a shorter, more intense workout.

    For someone in their 40s or 50s, a 30-beat drop in the first recovery minute is very good.

    We had a guy in our class at grad school who could go from 200 bpm to 40bpm in 4 minutes after a max stress test, but he was a freak--the kind of guy who would go for a 13 mile run with me, grab a snack, wake up his wife and do the 13-miler again with her.

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