A treadmill on the cardio setting tried to kill me!

dogladytwo
dogladytwo Posts: 97 Member
edited November 23 in Fitness and Exercise
I used the cardio setting on a gym treadmill this AM (I have been doing so for 4 weeks) and the damn thing tried to kill me! My heart rate was low and it increased the incline to try to get my heart rate elevated. The rate still wouldn't budge but I felt like my heart was about to explode! Normally I'm on my target rate within 5 minutes with a brief time in a medium incline..... I don't know what was different this morning but I finally changed to manual setting and estimated a slight increased elevation from my Wednesday workout. It was a good workout and I am hoping it was the machine and not my heart that was having the issue. I thought I would die with the incline up so high!

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  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,744 Member
    I don't find the machines very accurate, and sometimes they are wildly off. The hand grips are useless. My bike will give me a HR of 55 when I've been cycling for half an hour and have worked up a good sweat. (My resting HR is 60.) My TM is no better unless I'm wearing a band.
  • dogladytwo
    dogladytwo Posts: 97 Member
    I now have select machines that are on my 'get away from me' list :grin: ' I love the hm's as they truly are a good indicator of when you are being stupid just trying to get a good cardio workout. If I over extend myself, I am less likely to want to go work out so keeping it at a full but not stressed pace is essential for my success. :smile:
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