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Fast Heart Rate
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Fast Heart Rate
by De__0__0, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By Dee on December 09, 1998 at 01:03:00:
I am an overweight 41 yr old woman...5 ft 3 in and 175 pounds...down from 195 a year ago and 185 about 2 months ago. I have started making more of an effort to improve my general health, which has not been too good, starting by increasing exercise and cutting down on food. I do have great b/p, and wonderful cholesteral numbers and ratio.
However, I have a high resting heart rate. When I exercise, my heart rapidly exceeds the target rate for my age. I do have history of benign PVCs and they don't bother me any more, having found out they are not dangerous...I also have mild regurgitation in pulmonary and mitral valves, trace pulmonic insufficiency, and borderline high/normal systolic pressure...I have been told on review of echo that these conditions should cause me NO problems and should not contribute to any symptoms. Resting heart rate is usually in the high 90s but quite often is in the low 100s. Mild exercise, such as walking a mile in 30 minutes, or water walking, is enough to get my heart rate in the 130s. Heavier exercise, like swimming 25 -50 yds, or shooting baskets by myself in the gym, quickly and easily causes the heart rate to go anywhere from 165 - 185....thus approaching maximal heart rate according to my age. The cardiologist was not interested in any of this, he said since the echo was ok, I could run a marathon if I
wanted to, and to go ahead and start any exercise program I want. I do have many episodes of pain in my chest and sometimes my upper back...it has been called chest wall pain. I do have undifferentiated connective tissue disease.
I enjoy the exercise, even though I tire easily and get out of breath, I can keep running around the gym playing basketball for a long time after the heart rate increases. I can't swim long after the heart rate increases because I get so short of breath I am unable to get enough air while swimming. Out of the water, it doesn't matter much. Heart recovery rate is kind of slow too.
For an example, while walking in a grocery store, I stopped at the B/P machine, rested for a couple of minutes first...my B/P was 111/58, and my pulse was 110 bpm.
I keep hoping the heart rate will go down the longer I exercise and the more weight I lose, but it hasn't made a difference yet, should it start to improve.
I took a fitness test at the Y and received very poor ratings primarily due to resting heart rate and exercise heart rate.
Is it safe to continue my workouts? Is there any problem with the heart rate being out of the target zone most of the time I am exercising and so close to the so-called maximul heart rate?
Thank you for answering my questions...You have helped me in the past and I have always found your responses to be quick and very insightful and compassionate.
Dee
I am an overweight 41 yr old woman...5 ft 3 in and 175 pounds...down from 195 a year ago and 185 about 2 months ago. I have started making more of an effort to improve my general health, which has not been too good, starting by increasing exercise and cutting down on food. I do have great b/p, and wonderful cholesteral numbers and ratio.
However, I have a high resting heart rate. When I exercise, my heart rapidly exceeds the target rate for my age. I do have history of benign PVCs and they don't bother me any more, having found out they are not dangerous...I also have mild regurgitation in pulmonary and mitral valves, trace pulmonic insufficiency, and borderline high/normal systolic pressure...I have been told on review of echo that these conditions should cause me NO problems and should not contribute to any symptoms. Resting heart rate is usually in the high 90s but quite often is in the low 100s. Mild exercise, such as walking a mile in 30 minutes, or water walking, is enough to get my heart rate in the 130s. Heavier exercise, like swimming 25 -50 yds, or shooting baskets by myself in the gym, quickly and easily causes the heart rate to go anywhere from 165 - 185....thus approaching maximal heart rate according to my age. The cardiologist was not interested in any of this, he said since the echo was ok, I could run a marathon if I
wanted to, and to go ahead and start any exercise program I want. I do have many episodes of pain in my chest and sometimes my upper back...it has been called chest wall pain. I do have undifferentiated connective tissue disease.
I enjoy the exercise, even though I tire easily and get out of breath, I can keep running around the gym playing basketball for a long time after the heart rate increases. I can't swim long after the heart rate increases because I get so short of breath I am unable to get enough air while swimming. Out of the water, it doesn't matter much. Heart recovery rate is kind of slow too.
For an example, while walking in a grocery store, I stopped at the B/P machine, rested for a couple of minutes first...my B/P was 111/58, and my pulse was 110 bpm.
I keep hoping the heart rate will go down the longer I exercise and the more weight I lose, but it hasn't made a difference yet, should it start to improve.
I took a fitness test at the Y and received very poor ratings primarily due to resting heart rate and exercise heart rate.
Is it safe to continue my workouts? Is there any problem with the heart rate being out of the target zone most of the time I am exercising and so close to the so-called maximul heart rate?
Thank you for answering my questions...You have helped me in the past and I have always found your responses to be quick and very insightful and compassionate.
Dee
