I am a 21 year old female who likes to exercise daily. I usually do an hour and fifteen minutes of intense cardio workout, burning around 900 calories in that time. I have become worried recently that I am working my heart too hard, keeping my heart rate around 168 throughout the majority of my workout. Am I endangering my health? I don't really want to alter my routine.
2007-12-30 06:48:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
The simple answer to your question is yes, you are increasing the chances of damaging your health by pushing your body to far. You are young enough that at this time you probably won't see it for several years, but as the older generation says....an ounce of pervention is worth a pound of cure.
If you are looking to keep an intense workout without the strain on your heart...add weight training in with your aerobic workout. It will lean out your muscle mass and actually make both sides of your workout (aerobic and anaerobic) better.
Don't stop excercising...don't stop moving.....but do overdue it....you have a lot more years to enjoy.
2007-12-30 07:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by anysomeone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is the deal, you will get the maximum benefit from staying under max heart rate due to the lack of oxygen you are getting into your blood at the max rate and also studies are now proving that working out your heart that way can enlarge it and create cardiovascular problems down the road. They have target heart rates for a reason. If you are having trouble believeing this speak with a personal trainer, they will explain it better to you than I can.
2007-12-30 14:54:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep you will be old before your time,
2007-12-30 14:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋