heart rate and excercise

[we1963]

I'm a 48 yr old female. Physically active. 5'9", 158 lbs. Resting heart rate typically between 48-50bpm. My blood pressure fluctuates between moderate to high. I am currently reducing sodium to see if blood pressure will improve as per doctor's suggestion.

My question... I am currently following the "Tabata" training program. My heart rate during high intensity excercise tends to get up to 193 bpm and after 2 min. of recovery it gets down to 111 bpm. My training partner's heart rate doesn't exceed 168 bpm during intense excersion. I want to investigate the significance of my high heart rate during excercise.

I am not an elite athlete, although have played high level sports in my youth. I'm concerned about my high heart rate during excercise. Could this be connected to my higher then normal blood pressure and is a high heart rate during excercise a red flag... do some people have a predisposition to a higher then normal elevated heart rate during excercise and is considered "normal"?

[Londres70]

According to heart rates, your training partner is in better shape; condition.

What are the exact numbers you are talking about when you mention "moderate to high blood pressure?"  Can you give actual numbers?  

You are increasing your heart rate too high during exercise for your age.  

Tabata is pretty intense; one should be in excellent shape attempting to do this.  I wouldn't recommend it for a beginning exerciser  I don't know if you should be doing this given the situation with your bp.  Plus, your hr is getting too high during the workout.  
Make sure you have cleared this with your physician.  

[breznick70]

Everyones heart rate ranges are different.  Person A might be able to reach a max HR of 180 while person B (same gender/age/weight/height) might beable to reach a HR of 200+.

Generally speaking most people's heart rate falls around 220bpm - age
ie for a 21 year old 220 - 21 = 199 (max heart rate

This is just a general assumption based upon the general population.  You may want to look into a "heart rate zone" test.

Anctidotally speaking my max HR was 189, my wifes was 204 and a co-work of mine was 238.  We all had blood work done and determined healthy in all aspects by a health care profrssional.

Keep up the TABATA work!

[gymdandee]

first thing in the morning when you awake have a watch with a second hand at your bedside, without getting out of bed check your resting heart rate  then with the example below figure your heart rate from 65%- 85% of your maximum heart rate.


This is an example of the Karvonen formula for a 23 year old person with a resting heart rate of 65 beats per minute
206.9 - (0.67 x 23 (age)) = 191
191 - 65 (resting heart rate) = 126
126  65% (low end of heart rate zone) OR 85% (high end) = 82 OR 107
82 + 65 (resting heart rate) = 147
107 + 65 (rhr) = 172
The target heart rate zone for this person would be 147 to 172

[gymdandee]

I recommend not only reducing sodium but drinking 3 cups per day of Hibisus tea it can lower your systolic blood pressure  by 7 points the top number in the blood pressure reading I buy mine from Dragonwater tea you can google it.The monitors and electronic equipment used in Gymns are not accurate all the times. They work on averages  if you work out in a proper Gym with good machines then the average error would be + or - 10%.
if you want to check out proper heart rates you can go to a doctor .Don't worry about heart rates. They are connected to age, exercise ability  if you have symptoms or you're out of shape take advice from your MD.