I am 51, people think I look younger. I'm in good shape but according to the aerobic exercise machines at the gym, I'm supposed to keep my heart rate under 150 or something. I can work a lot harder but my heart rate goes up into the red zone. Its seems pretty arbitrary to me. Any advice?
2006-10-24 15:20:56 · 1 answers · asked by dan_in_la 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
My guess is, the machines are just giving out an approximate number and it's not 100% accurate. The only way to find out your true maximum heart rate is to do a stress test on a treadmill at the doctor's office while hooked up to an ekg. Then once u have that figure, u can work the numbers in.
Or...
Do what I did. I purchased a heart rate monitor and ran as fast as I could, holding the effort for at least one minute. Mine came out to 212bpm. So, 75% of that would put me at 159bpm and 85% would be 180bpm.
2006-10-24 15:37:54 · answer #1 · answered by cheetah7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋