I have a high resting heart rate

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  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    Are you sure you are accurately measuring your resting heart rate? I ask the same of the person who got it at the doctor's. Sitting down at an appointment is not the same. Ideally you do it several mornings in a row right after you wake up and before you get up and average those out.

    Everyone is different. My max should be 190ish but I feel comfortable running in the 160s. Go by feel and use heart rate as an indicator after you learn when you don't feel good.
  • snowy0wl
    snowy0wl Posts: 179 Member
    I do it daily about the same time in the morning, and aware if I just moved. It's never been lower than 89 but hovers around 92-95. I did the cycle and was okay running between 140-150. my HRM isn't that good so I'm waiting to see one that is more usuable. I have jumped to 170 occasionally but I don't stay there long given it's my maximal.
  • snowy0wl
    snowy0wl Posts: 179 Member
    TimothyFish: defiantely concer with exercising. I think statistically my BP is inkling down I actually saw a resting heart rate of 85bbm.. That was news for me.

    I’m waiting back on the EKG results but the nurse thinks it's fine but a Heart doctor is doing to double check just in case.

    SergeantSausage: and yes the heart is definintly not hurting but I'll check the next time I push it. My throat and neck however would disagree with 'pain' there is a discomfort there. The nurse who has her own weight issues and loss said a similar thing as long as the heart isn't hurting go for it.

    New concerns are about my cholesterol counts which will be tested along with liver and a 5 minute EKG was done. Cholesterol, prostate cancer and high blood pressure runs in the family.


    We shall see.
  • newhealthykim
    newhealthykim Posts: 192 Member
    Darn. I was hoping your heart rate was at least 110. I have a friend with tachycardia who normally rests at 120-130. She has trouble getting out of the ER sometimes (doctors won't release her).
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    snowy0wl wrote: »
    TimothyFish: defiantely concer with exercising. I think statistically my BP is inkling down I actually saw a resting heart rate of 85bbm.. That was news for me.

    I’m waiting back on the EKG results but the nurse thinks it's fine but a Heart doctor is doing to double check just in case.

    SergeantSausage: and yes the heart is definintly not hurting but I'll check the next time I push it. My throat and neck however would disagree with 'pain' there is a discomfort there. The nurse who has her own weight issues and loss said a similar thing as long as the heart isn't hurting go for it.

    New concerns are about my cholesterol counts which will be tested along with liver and a 5 minute EKG was done. Cholesterol, prostate cancer and high blood pressure runs in the family.


    We shall see.

    Okay, I have to comment about a phrase I keep saying people say. "Heart is hurting". Really? How in the world can you te if your "heart is hurting"?

    Chest pain can have a variety of causes. It can be the heart, chest muscles (yes I know the heart is a muscle but specifically referring to other muscles), lungs (infections or other reasons) and the list continues. You can also be having pain that is caused by a heart attack that doesn't start in the chest. Females are notorious for having symptoms that are atypical. This "heart hurt" phrase is ridiculous.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    newhealthykim wrote: »
    Darn. I was hoping your heart rate was at least 110. I have a friend with tachycardia who normally rests at 120-130. She has trouble getting out of the ER sometimes (doctors won't release her).

    I was in the ER after a bicycle crash the other day and had them a little nervous when my heart rate was 47. They weren't as nervous after I told them I'd checked it earlier in the day and gotten the same number.
  • lisaw19855
    lisaw19855 Posts: 165 Member
    I *kitten* myself at hospital discovering that mine is around 58, clearly I'm fitter than I look.
  • snowy0wl
    snowy0wl Posts: 179 Member
    58 RH is just on the lower end of what's normal. (60-100) Depending on what you have been doing exercise wise and have don that is determines your fitness level.

    All of these are just guidelines I love seeing the examples where a person who has actively had a bad heart rate and improve it through lifestyle changes.
  • snowy0wl
    snowy0wl Posts: 179 Member
    I've been more active and watching my weight, which probably helps reducing my resting heart rate a minimum of 10 points.. Conservatively I'm at 85rhr..
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    my resting HR is in the 70's. When i am putting in a good workout, it can range anywhere from 140 to 160 (at the high end. i dont think ive ever *seen* it go higher, though its possible, i dont monitor constantly lol

    As others have said, if you are concerned, go see a doctor. I don't think a resting HR of 100 is necessarily cause for concern, though. As you lose weight and do moderate exercise, it will likely lower over time.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,300 Member
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