Workout Data - Could you take a look at it

[simpleblue]

I just purchased a heart rate monitor watch and had my first workout with it. I've only been working out for the past week and haven't done an aerobic workout in months. I've already noticed my mood is much better around the clock. That in itself is enough to keep exercising.

My goal is not performance or fatloss, but just to get the health benefits of exercise such as: heart and vascular health, sleep, mood, disease reduction...

Could you please take a look a this info and tell me where I stand. Maybe give me a few pointers.


Date: July 1, 2008

Rest HR: 55
Age: 29
Weight: 113lbs (18.8 BMI)
Height: 5'5"

Exercise: Stationary Bike
Cadence (Avg): 105-115 rpm
Goal Range: 150 - 175 (71% - 88% HRR)

Workout Time: 30:00m

In Zone: 20:42m (mostly slightly over 175 bpm)
Avg HR: 171 (86% HRR)
Peak HR: 180
Min HR: 149

Total Cal: 407
Recovery (2min): 179 - 119


Thanks in advance

 

[g8r80]

Your data suggest that you are in good to very good condition. Your resting heart rate is reasonably low, your recovery is fine and you are able to hit some high exercise levels.

 

[simpleblue]

Your data suggest that you are in good to very good condition. Your resting heart rate is reasonably low, your recovery is fine and you are able to hit some high exercise levels.

Thanks. I thought I 'looked' quite good until I thought about what my true MHR was...

Sorry, I should have posted this before. My MHR in the above came from the Karvonen calculation. I have seen my HR reach 240+ (causes chest pain) during a workout. This being true then I'd have to train at 180 BPM just to do a 75% MHR zone, so maybe I'm not training nearly as hard as I thought. Not to mention that breathing is quite easy, very little sweating, I could carry on a conversation, and I don't feel the lactic acid buildup in my legs. Is this normal?

Does this seem a little strange having a RHR of 50 and an MHR of 240? I'm also a little afraid to test my true MHR because of the pain it causes.

Once again sorry I didn't post all the info in the start.

 

[g8r80]

Thanks. I thought I 'looked' quite good until I thought about what my true MHR was...

Sorry, I should have posted this before. My MHR in the above came from the Karvonen calculation. I have seen my HR reach 240+ (causes chest pain) during a workout. This being true then I'd have to train at 180 BPM just to do a 75% MHR zone, so maybe I'm not training nearly as hard as I thought. Not to mention that breathing is quite easy, very little sweating, I could carry on a conversation, and I don't feel the lactic acid buildup in my legs. Is this normal?

Does this seem a little strange having a RHR of 50 and an MHR of 240? I'm also a little afraid to test my true MHR because of the pain it causes.

Once again sorry I didn't post all the info in the start.

As a two-time cardiac patient, I tend to take a conservative view, but anytime I hear of someone having chest pains, I recommend that he/she see a specialist. Heart issues are not something to be ignored.

I would suggest that you see a cardiologist and request an exercise stress test. That would allow you to better assess your true max heart rate under safe, controlled conditions.

A max heart rate of 240 is definitely high, but not unheard of. The resting heart rate of 50 represents good conditioning (although it can be attributable to other factors). The cardiologist can advise you what is a safe level for you to exercise. With the chest pains, I cannot recommend that you exercise at that high a level.

 

[simpleblue]

A max heart rate of 240 is definitely high, but not unheard of. The resting heart rate of 50 represents good conditioning (although it can be attributable to other factors). The cardiologist can advise you what is a safe level for you to exercise. With the chest pains, I cannot recommend that you exercise at that high a level.

Thanks for the concern gr. I've had quite a few test done on my heart. I used to have a deviated septum (whole in the middle of my heart allowing blood to enter both chambers) that caused a heart murmur, but that disappeared a few years ago and the septum healed completely, just as the doctors said it would.

I've went to the emergency a few times with chest pains feeling like I was on the very of a heart attack. They either told me it was common, or I had mistaken it for chest muscle aches. After having so many tests I'm trying to make myself believe that the pain is normal, but I rarely hear people talk about chest pain.

Even right now I can feel the throbbing pain. Not a serious pain, but pain nontheless. All day it was in pain because of the exercise above, but mentally I feel so much more relaxed, so I have to make that decision. Right now I don't feel comfortable telling my doctor because if they don't find anything during the stress test she'll freak at me saying I'm making it up.

Sorry, just venting. I wish the pain would go away.

 

[tjl]

Chest pain is not normal, even after maximum intensity exercise.

"False alarms" like what you seem to be getting could be dangerous in that you might ignore a real heart attack thinking that it is another "false alarm".