When is your heart rate too high on a treadmill?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. My 12 year old told me that they were measuring resting heart rate and heart rate while exercising in gym class and his heart rate while exercising was a little over 200. I initially assumed that the monitor was just inaccurate. But if it's accurate, is that okay?

I'd assume they got they measurement wrong

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you need to stop when you get to MHR. If you want to i prove endurance you want to have a bunch of training at lower heart rates but you also probably want to do some interval training where you might hit MHR but either way I don’t think hitting your MHR is a sign to ease off inmediately.

The thing about maximum heart rate is that it's not sustainable. It's absolutely fine to hit it, but exercising to failure on a treadmill is not a good idea from a safety standpoint

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. My 12 year old told me that they were measuring resting heart rate and heart rate while exercising in gym class and his heart rate while exercising was a little over 200. I initially assumed that the monitor was just inaccurate. But if it's accurate, is that okay?

I'd assume they got they measurement wrong

Why would you make that assumption. It's not at all surprising that a 12 year old would hit 200 heart rate while exercising hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. My 12 year old told me that they were measuring resting heart rate and heart rate while exercising in gym class and his heart rate while exercising was a little over 200. I initially assumed that the monitor was just inaccurate. But if it's accurate, is that okay?

I'd assume they got they measurement wrong

Why would they get it wrong? Totally normal for a healthy young person’s heart rate to get that high.

[Anonymous]

Are you just measuring it by putting your hands on those silver bars on the machine? I would not assume those are anywhere close to accurate. If you are really concerned about heart rate get a real heart rate monitor and see what it says.

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47 here. It’s 150ish when I do 30 mins at around 50-70 percent effort.

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Just use RPE as suggested here. You aren’t going to die unless you really put a ton of stress on yourself in a very short period of time. Most people aren’t even physically capable of doing that.

Everybody is different. My wife’s heart rate is super high when exercising. Mine has always been lower and it’s even lower now because I train for endurance sports.

Overall as you work at it your heart rate will come down as you get more conditioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you need to stop when you get to MHR. If you want to i prove endurance you want to have a bunch of training at lower heart rates but you also probably want to do some interval training where you might hit MHR but either way I don’t think hitting your MHR is a sign to ease off inmediately.

The thing about maximum heart rate is that it's not sustainable. It's absolutely fine to hit it, but exercising to failure on a treadmill is not a good idea from a safety standpoint

But do you ease off because you notice you are hitting your MHR or because you were doing intervals and/or can't sustain it? I find it hard to believe many people would do cardio to failure.

[Anonymous]

My heart rate gets very high when I run. My resting heart rate is like 48-52. I was told everyone is different and a better measure is how fast your heart rate returns to resting after exercise.

[Anonymous]

My heart rate stays very high when I run, regardless of fitness level. Its not necessarily abnormal or a problem...if I run, even at a very slow pace, I usually start getting up around 170 for the second half of say, a 5k. Closer to 180 is not unusual for me either. I feel fine. Its not a problem and seems very normal for me. I've just had a full cardio workup including an echo and my heart is perfectly healthy so no concerns at all. If you feel fine, I wouldn't worry about your heart rate at all. Your body will tell you when its time to stop, not your heart rate monitor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My heart rate stays very high when I run, regardless of fitness level. Its not necessarily abnormal or a problem...if I run, even at a very slow pace, I usually start getting up around 170 for the second half of say, a 5k. Closer to 180 is not unusual for me either. I feel fine. Its not a problem and seems very normal for me. I've just had a full cardio workup including an echo and my heart is perfectly healthy so no concerns at all. If you feel fine, I wouldn't worry about your heart rate at all. Your body will tell you when its time to stop, not your heart rate monitor.

Same here. I'm 46 and have run marathons. My heart rate is always in the "red zone" for my age. My heart rate drops back down to the normal range within 30-60 seconds of stopping the activity, which my Dr said is a better indication of whether my heart rate is getting too high. It freaks me out to see my heart rate at 190, but unless I feel lightheaded or sick, I don't think it's a problem for me personally. That said, I'm trying to keep my HR around 170-180, but I can't get it below 170 when I'm running most distances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My heart rate gets very high when I run. My resting heart rate is like 48-52. I was told everyone is different and a better measure is how fast your heart rate returns to resting after exercise.

I just posted below about always being in the red zone and missed your reply. I'm the same as you - low resting heart rate, high heart rate when I run, and heart rate returns to normal very quickly after exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you just measuring it by putting your hands on those silver bars on the machine? I would not assume those are anywhere close to accurate. If you are really concerned about heart rate get a real heart rate monitor and see what it says.

This. The heart rate monitor can pick up the vibrations of the machine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My heart rate stays very high when I run, regardless of fitness level. Its not necessarily abnormal or a problem...if I run, even at a very slow pace, I usually start getting up around 170 for the second half of say, a 5k. Closer to 180 is not unusual for me either. I feel fine. Its not a problem and seems very normal for me. I've just had a full cardio workup including an echo and my heart is perfectly healthy so no concerns at all. If you feel fine, I wouldn't worry about your heart rate at all. Your body will tell you when its time to stop, not your heart rate monitor.

Same here. I'm 46 and have run marathons. My heart rate is always in the "red zone" for my age. My heart rate drops back down to the normal range within 30-60 seconds of stopping the activity, which my Dr said is a better indication of whether my heart rate is getting too high. It freaks me out to see my heart rate at 190, but unless I feel lightheaded or sick, I don't think it's a problem for me personally. That said, I'm trying to keep my HR around 170-180, but I can't get it below 170 when I'm running most distances.

Thirding this. There is *so* much individual variation. I was an athlete in college (rower, in amazing shape) and my max HR was around 200. Now I am carrying 25 extra pounds and on the wrong side of 50, and my max HR (running uphill) is still around 200 (just getting way less bang for the buck, haha). I max out a bit lower on the bike (Peloton), probably bc it's not weight bearing and not quite as full-body as running/rowing.

In case anyone missed the point: 220-AGE IS GARBAGE. Just notice what your highest HR is when you're working hard. If you exceed it, then congrats, use *that* number as your max HR. Over time, you'll get a sense of where you truly max out but when you're just getting started, it doesn't have to be super precise or scientific.

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My heart rate always rises quickly when running. If I initially alternate sprinting with walking, I find that when I switch to straight running, doing a 9-10 minute mile, my heart rate will stay around 140. It's like I need to warm it up first.