The NSV that almost gave me a heart attack!!

lainieg

Thats awesome, at least now you know you can do it. Maybe you wont be so nervous if u did it again.

meeper123

Way to go but I also have a question my heartrate stays at almost 185 to 190 most of th time is this not normal??

Depends on your weight and intensity of your workout, I do Zumba myself and got a max HR of 188 for todays workout. So don't fret too much

oh ok I am very overweight somakes sence

meeper123

Way to go but I also have a question my heartrate stays at almost 185 to 190 most of th time is this not normal??

It varies from person to person depending on factors like your age. Mine has a tendency to stay in the mid-170s to low 180s while I'm running. There are websites out there with a formula you can use to calculate what your max heart rate is SUPPOSED to be but it's just a general number which may not be your actual max.

http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/measuring/heartrate.html

ok

meeper123

I go to Zumba twice a week at my local church. Been doing this since February though I miss here and there. Today both of our usual instructors were gone so someone who's there every week stepped up to teach. A newer song from our playlist came on that she didn't know well enough to lead. It's my favorite one and I may have been practicing it at home. :blushing: Before I knew it I was volunteering to lead that song just because I didn't want them to skip it. I am a solid BACK ROW kind of person so I don't know what I was thinking! I started leading when about 5 seconds in to it I realized my nerves on top of an already high heart rate from dancing had my heart beating so fast I thought I was going to pass out!:laugh: I made it though the song somehow and ran back to my comfort spot in life, the back row! I checked my HRM and my max target is 162 while I was actually at 182! It took the rest of class to get it to slow down to under 170!

I'm not at all scared of public speaking but I guess public dancing is a different story. :blushing: Still I'm proud of myself for doing it! Back in February when I started going I didn't know if I'd even come back a second day since I was so horrible at it, yet today I actually led a song!

I wanted to say now that I am done asking a million questions that you did amazing getting out of your comfort zone is hard but hell if it made your heart do that maybe try it more often lol burn some calories with a simple blush

wheezybreezy

That is fantastic...just think you could end up an instructor helping others to lose weight...how cool would that be...?

I was thinking the same thing!! Way to go!!

Hoppymom

Congratulations on facing and overcoming your fear! WIN for you!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

rfarinha

Love this NSV! Congrats!

And those of you thinking about Zumba.... GO FOR IT!!! It is so much fuN!