My resting rate is already in the mid 70's ( i'm 28, 5'4'' and approx. 138lbs). I know that it's best to work within a target heart rate however being that my resting is already high when i work out it shoots up quit a bit higher. The problem is that if i try to keep my heart rate lower when i work out i don't feel like I'm working out at all. I guess I just don't understand how the target heart rate thing works. Please help.
2006-07-10 01:30:13 · 3 answers · asked by tana 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Higher rate rate is noramlly good but only when you are in great shape, which I'm not yet. So hwne I work out my heart rate shoots up to 180's-190's
2006-07-10 01:39:18 · update #1
Do you use caffiene? I know for my wifes heart rate is higher when she has a couple cups of coffee each day, both her resting HR and where her HR goes while she's working out.
Someone told me a year of so ago that I could workout, burn calories and loose weight without spending my entire workout at 85 percent. Thats all I ever new, crank it to the max and a good workout was one that made you sweat and feel it after you were done.
I tried the advise of this person, spending the majority of my time in the 95 to 110 hr area, walking, yes, after 35 plus years of running, walking. I didn't get that burn from walking, actually felt like I was wasting my time on the treadmill but to my dismay. I was shocked, I began to drop weight, not fast, but steady. One of the big changes I noticed was that after working out at a lower HR I wasn't as hungry and didn't need to eat as often or much as when I was spending time at the hight HR areas. This person explained it this way. Imagine you have a funnel where all your energy passes through when you work out, when you begin to work out hard your body begins to call for more of your energy stores to pass through that funnel at a faster reate. You use up your limited stores of energy quicker and begin to feel fatigued, needing to replenish those supplies of energy---EAT more. If you workout at a moderate pace your are not calling for all those energy stores as quickly and you don't feel as fatigued or in need of eating like a horse after your finished. That said I still do vary my cardio workouts spending less time in the higher zones.
2006-07-10 02:08:39 · answer #1 · answered by gamerunner2001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Target heart rate is just an estimate. It varies on the individual. An high heart rate means you burn more calories when you work out using high intensity cardio.
2006-07-10 08:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by mel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I might be wrong...i'm not super work out champ. But Higher heart rate. is better cardiovascular Which is better for your body. Just if your heart explodes. Stop... your going to hard. :D
2006-07-10 08:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋