Cocaine Posted January 8, 2007 Share My lowest is 38.... but its usually between 42 and 46... At the moment its around 45, interested to see how low it drops once I finnish my base and get some decent recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky DQ Posted January 8, 2007 Share Shoe, you guys are Awsome!!! Try as I might i have gotten mine down to about 48, but that was only for a day.......I think. I started my 3 week session at 55 and ended it at 67. I think i was possibly overreaching at the end. (I don't believe in overtraining at my level) I think I should stop cycling as I am never going to be able to compete with the super humans on the hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Last time I checked (but that was some time ago) it was 39. Now with kids in the house I don't get to checking it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widget Posted January 8, 2007 Share [not sure if resting heart rate is an indication of fitness ... or the only indication, or any indication at all?maybe there's someone out there who can explain the science behind heart rates? Resting heart rate (or any heart rate (pulse) ) for that matter means relitively little.It is not always an indicator of fitness and in some cases an extreemly low rate can be an indicator of a medical problem. Many folk appear to think that the lower your resting heart rate the fitter or healthier you are - this is not always true there are many factors involved like, medications, genetics, age, gender, heart size, heart defects (which are normal) etc - although it MAY, in some cases have a bearing on fitness levels in certain athletes. The only way to realistically test heart fitness and physical health is via a heart stress test (ie) you have all seen it , hooked up to a machine running on a treadmill.This will give you an exact reflection of heart health and fitness . Also bear in mind that it is impossible to do one check and state "this is my heart rate" to get an accurate figure one would need to conduct at least 3 but preferably 5 consecutive measurements and take the average. Blood pressure is far more important than pulse rate (heart rate) as far as health gos anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted January 8, 2007 Share my resting heart rate hovers around 52,but i can hold a conversation at 186,freaks out my coach everytime.max is 210.she reckons i run on a higher revving motor.wierd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellytot Posted January 8, 2007 Share not sure if resting heart rate is an indication of fitness ... or the only indication, or any indication at all?maybe there's someone out there who can explain the science behind heart rates?what's the maximum you've recorded, CvanC? In general, for a given person, your resting heart rate will drop as you get fitter. The reason for this is that your heart is also a muscle, so with training you will exercise this heart muscle resulting in a stronger heart muscle and much more efficient when contracting...this means that with every beat more blood will be pumped through to your body resulting in less beats per minute required to pump the same amount of blood per minute compared to when you were unfitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cois Posted January 8, 2007 Share Took mine when I woke up at 15H00. Was a bit high (47) but I only did 5 rides in December.I will check my progress this week. I am on leave from 8 am tomorrow morning... So lots of active days ahead for me Just one question. Health is also to be taken into thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpower Posted January 8, 2007 Share my resting heart rate hovers around 52' date='but i can hold a conversation at 186,freaks out my coach everytime.max is 210.she reckons i run on a higher revving motor.wierd?[/quote'] Yeah, HR range is probably a better indication of fitness than min value. Even more important is recovery. I.e. get your HR up to 180ish, then stop pedalling and measure how long it takes to come down to e.g. 130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellytot Posted January 8, 2007 Share It's good to take your resting heart rate every morning. When you notice a few beats higher than normal then it is a good indication that something isn't 100% (you might be getting ill), you should then be careful, take it easy when training because. So, you can prevent getting ill very badly by taking it easy when you notice this 'abnormal' resting heart rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alida Posted January 9, 2007 Share my resting heart rate hovers around 52' date='but i can hold a conversation at 186,freaks out my coach everytime.max is 210.she reckons i run on a higher revving motor.wierd?[/quote'] Yeah, HR range is probably a better indication of fitness than min value. Even more important is recovery. I.e. get your HR up to 180ish, then stop pedalling and measure how long it takes to come down to e.g. 130. Resting is about 56 at the moment - the lowest I've ever taken is 53 when I was uber-fit (well in my opinion anyway ). Maxed at 219 one day doing intervals - but then it drops back down to "normal" pretty quickly too. I'm going with muddy p - some of us just run on a higher revving motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epoh Posted January 9, 2007 Share my resting heart rate hovers around 52' date='but i can hold a conversation at 186,freaks out my coach everytime.max is 210.she reckons i run on a higher revving motor.wierd?[/quote'] Yeah, HR range is probably a better indication of fitness than min value. Even more important is recovery. I.e. get your HR up to 180ish, then stop pedalling and measure how long it takes to come down to e.g. 130. Resting is about 56 at the moment - the lowest I've ever taken is 53 when I was uber-fit (well in my opinion anyway ). Maxed at 219 one day doing intervals - but then it drops back down to "normal" pretty quickly too. I'm going with muddy p - some of us just run on a higher revving motor. You sure the 219 is accurate? That is a bit high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Resting HR 32-35. Max HR 201-206 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alida Posted January 9, 2007 Share That's what the Polar told me Have had it up around 210 plus on a couple of occaisions (mostly doing intervals - they always kill me) - but then again, that's what the Polar told me. So I guess it depends on how accurate my heart rate monitor is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted January 9, 2007 Share Hi AlidaMy polar has given me a reading of 220 while sitting having coffee after a ride, it's pretty old and the guys reckon the strap sensor could be the problem, maybe something to check on yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alida Posted January 9, 2007 Share WOW - must have been an impressive cup of coffee The only thing is I got 219 on my old Polar which was just the normal watch and strap (so I actually had to look at my watch to see the HR). Got a new one recently (the one with all the bells and whistles, speed and cadence sensor etc - thank you Santa) and on the info I got on the download to my computer, I got up to 214. Having said that, let me also say that technology is sometimes not all that and it does have false readings etc etc - who knows. Was just putting in my five cents about the HRs. Anyway, even if my resting heart rate was 28 like Big Mig's, the hills would still hurt like hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Andreou Posted January 9, 2007 Share WOW - must have been an impressive cup of coffee Mugg & Bean Mocca Java, handle with care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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