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Heart Rate Recovery
Hey,
I am a 21 year old male. I have been training today for 1hr in tennis (relatively low intensity training), and 30min match afterwards (high intensity). Took a break of 20min, ran on a treadmill for 7 min (5min at medium intensity, last 2 min at high intensity). Stopped, and took pulse readings. The machine I used is one which also takes blood pressure readings, and it's not specially made for exercise. Just a regular one. Here are the readings:
Resting Heart Rate: 65-75 bpm (let's say 70bpm)
Avg first 30 seconds after treadmill - 171 p (p=palpitations; machine read as palpitations probably because the heart rate was changing/decreasing very fast)
1.7min (so 1.2min after first reading) - 150 p
3min - 133 p
4min - 128
5min - 127
10min - 119
20min - 110
1hr - 97
2hr - 89
Does my heart seem healthy from the above data? It recovers quite quickly in the first 3mins (which seems to say it is healthy), however it doesn't come back to resting heart rate in 2 hours after. Is this normal?
I am a 21 year old male. I have been training today for 1hr in tennis (relatively low intensity training), and 30min match afterwards (high intensity). Took a break of 20min, ran on a treadmill for 7 min (5min at medium intensity, last 2 min at high intensity). Stopped, and took pulse readings. The machine I used is one which also takes blood pressure readings, and it's not specially made for exercise. Just a regular one. Here are the readings:
Resting Heart Rate: 65-75 bpm (let's say 70bpm)
Avg first 30 seconds after treadmill - 171 p (p=palpitations; machine read as palpitations probably because the heart rate was changing/decreasing very fast)
1.7min (so 1.2min after first reading) - 150 p
3min - 133 p
4min - 128
5min - 127
10min - 119
20min - 110
1hr - 97
2hr - 89
Does my heart seem healthy from the above data? It recovers quite quickly in the first 3mins (which seems to say it is healthy), however it doesn't come back to resting heart rate in 2 hours after. Is this normal?
Your two minute heart recovery rate (from intense exercise) is a good indicator of your likelihood of avoiding heart failure (a refinement is determining the difference between your one minute recovery rate and your two minute recovery rate). A (clinician supervised treadmill) stress test is a good suggestion.
If you smoke and/or are overweight and/or are out of shape (was this your normal range of activities, or higher than normal?), or stressed, that could help explain why your resting heart rate is a bit high and your heart rate's eventual return to normal is so slow.
If you smoke and/or are overweight and/or are out of shape (was this your normal range of activities, or higher than normal?), or stressed, that could help explain why your resting heart rate is a bit high and your heart rate's eventual return to normal is so slow.
2 hours is too long. Possibilities include that you are losing so much fluid (sweating) that your HR takes this long as you are or are not replacing fluid. The only way to be sure is have a stress test.
The best way to know if your H.R. is healthy is to see a cardiologist and also have a cardiac stress test to evaluate the amount of workload that the heart can take before it develops a problem with rhythm or blood flow.
If you had read my post you would see I haven't used the heart rate on those machines. I used a proper heart rate monitor and blood pressure checker.
Most important is that the heart rate located on these machines are not accurate!! Buy your own HR monitor.
The Karvonen Formula is a mathematical formula that helps you determine your target heart rate zone.
The formula involves using your maximum heart rate (MHR) minus your age to come up with a target
heart rate range (which is a percentage of your MHR). Staying within this range will help you work most effectively during your cardio workouts.
(quick recovery is good)
First thing in the morning before you get out of bed have a clock with a second hand and check your resting heart rate then figure your rate by the Karvonen Formula
The following link will help you figure your heart rate by the Karvonen Formula.
http://www.briancalkins.com/HeartRate.htm
The Karvonen Formula is a mathematical formula that helps you determine your target heart rate zone.
The formula involves using your maximum heart rate (MHR) minus your age to come up with a target
heart rate range (which is a percentage of your MHR). Staying within this range will help you work most effectively during your cardio workouts.
(quick recovery is good)
First thing in the morning before you get out of bed have a clock with a second hand and check your resting heart rate then figure your rate by the Karvonen Formula
The following link will help you figure your heart rate by the Karvonen Formula.
http://www.briancalkins.com/HeartRate.htm
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