January Indoor Challenge

[WindingRoad]

I'm curious how high does some of your heart rates go when you are pushing hard?

[Blueberry]

I'm curious how high does some of your heart rates go when you are pushing hard?

This is going to be highly dependent upon your age, and your physical condition (and body). Personally, I've seen 182 on a ride climbing a mountain in the sun. For intervals on a hard day, I'm in the 165-172 range generally. But that's a very hard day. On a more moderate day, I might not push beyond 165 on the high end.

[katluvr]

I am only at 10% and it is the 11th of the month. So maybe I'll make it to my goal by end of month? Or not??!!

K

[Catrin]

I'm curious how high does some of your heart rates go when you are pushing hard?

As Blueberry said, this is going to differ from person to person, and for me at least, my HR gets higher in colder temps.

The highest I can seem to get it in spinning class is 154 or so, and I have to be putting in 100% effort at a high resistance to get it that high. My heart rate recovers very fast, so I've a hard time keeping it in my desired zone during class.

On the road it will get in the high 150, lower 160s when climbing and that is pushing hard. Mountain biking it gets higher, so far the highs have been in the upper 160s though I suspect that will get higher as I get into more challenging terrain. Average HR is higher on the mountain bike than either road or spinning class.

[Veronica]

I'm curious how high does some of your heart rates go when you are pushing hard?

It is going to vary greatly.

I did a ride on Saturday with a pretty tough climb. The first time up it my HR average was 157 with a high if 170. My lactate thresh hold for climbing is 178.

We rolled down and did the same climb again this time working much harder and my average was 165 with a high of 180. I was 3 minutes 40 seconds faster the second time over the 1.75 miles.

Veronica

[Miranda]

yesterday when I took the dogs out at 7:00 AM the sky and the light were both wrath of God mustard yellow. At 7:30 the thunder, lightning and rain started. At 8:00 the wind started and at 9:00 the hail followed. It all tapered off by 10:30 but we got over 5 " of rain, and all the local streets were flooded halfway up the lawns. Since I couldn't get out to get to my regular training session I put in 2 hours of sustained high cardio intervals on the trainer. I might get in a road ride tomorrow if the weatherman is correct about his forecast, but I was sure glad to be inside on the trainer yesterday!

marni

I just had to say this made smile because I know EXACTLY what that color looks like! And appreciate someone else that knows that IS, as you say, the wrath cometh color of the sky. Here in the midwest tornado alley that is Mother Nature's yellow flag color of caution.

Glad you still got a good work out inside.

[WindingRoad]

I was just curious because I noticed my heart rate gets pretty high in spin class. I managed to push it up to 186 in class last night, my average was 168 though. I can comfortably stay at 175 for a long time. I'm 35, I actually have a naturally slow heart rate. My resting is about 48 BPM. I guess I was just worried that was too high?

[Veronica]

HR is a very individual thing. My resting is around 40 - 42. I've seen it as high as 192. I can sustain 178 for a 10 mile climb and I'm 45.

I think the real indicator of aerobic health is how fast will it drop when you decrease your effort.

Veronica

[indysteel]

I was just curious because I noticed my heart rate gets pretty high in spin class. I managed to push it up to 186 in class last night, my average was 168 though. I can comfortably stay at 175 for a long time. I'm 35, I actually have a naturally slow heart rate. My resting is about 48 BPM. I guess I was just worried that was too high?

How did you feel when it got to 186? As others have said, max heart rate is varies from person to person. Even your own max will vary depending on the activity. It also tends to go down as you age. The more important question to ask yourself is how you felt when your HR got that high. In other words, what was your perceived level of exertion?

My max HR is high. Very high. I can get it into the high 180s/low 190s without too much trouble if I'm climbing. I saw it hit 210 once in Brown County S.P. When I'm in good shape, that max doesn't feel so bad. When I'm not in good shape, it is extremely hard to stay at that level without simply stopping.

[jusdooit]

My HR has gotten as high as 189 (I think). 175-182 seems normal for me while under workload.
Had a great trainer workout last at LBS. Going back tomorrow night for more punishment.

[WindingRoad]

All right then that makes me feel better :-) Indy I don't feel bad at 186 but I can definitely tell it's hard. I also notice my HR on average is higher in spin classes which I think is because the rooms are so hot. I have gone up as far as 190 but not recently because it made me concerned. I guess what made me start thinking about this was a physiology lecture I attended earlier today and she said that your heart becomes less efficient at 180-200 BPM due to the fact that your heart has to have a certain amount of time between beats to fill with blood again. She also said that exercise over time drops your average HR but it was making me think then why now am I noticing such a high HR, of course I wasn't always an active person so who knows what a spin class might have done to me in my 20's??? Ok now I am rambling....

[Susan Otcenas]

I'm curious how high does some of your heart rates go when you are pushing hard?

My max HR is 190. But you'll almost never see your max, except during a threshold power test or a VO2 Max test, etc. Most people back off before they get to their true max HR.

I regularly get up into the mid-high 170's when we are doing Zone 4 or Zone 5 work in my cycling class. But that's anaerobic work. My aerobic threshold is 143.

Susan

[WindingRoad]

So is it too late for me to join in? I just got the trainer unpacked and the rear tire on my road bike changed out to an old crappy one. Now I have no excuses :-) Like I mentioned before, sometimes I really think those super hot spin rooms get to me a bit so I would like to do more base work here at home. Seems like spin classes are just too much fun so I end up pushing hard most of the time so I need some easy rides too.

[rubysoho]

I guess what made me start thinking about this was a physiology lecture I attended earlier today and she said that your heart becomes less efficient at 180-200 BPM due to the fact that your heart has to have a certain amount of time between beats to fill with blood again.

That is interesting. I wonder if there is more information about it out there.

Reading about other people's heartrates makes me think I might talk to my GP next week (going in for some back pain I've been dealing with). My HR will spike up pretty quickly, and relatively high compared to what is listed here. I know I am around the 180 range when I can feel it pumping in my chest. Around 170 is where I start sweating quite a bit. I've seen it as high as 192 and I backed off because I felt that surely it couldn't be a good thing.

I had set my HR monitor to show me percentages instead of BPM and it definitely was over 100% at one point. I think 110% maybe? My guess is that I don't fall into the "normal" ranges so I switched to BPM and I am checking on how well I feel at the different levels as a clue to which range I am actually in. Although my "science" is more like: do I feel like I am going to die? No. Ok, then I am good to keep going!

[Catrin]

So is it too late for me to join in? I just got the trainer unpacked and the rear tire on my road bike changed out to an old crappy one. Now I have no excuses :-) Like I mentioned before, sometimes I really think those super hot spin rooms get to me a bit so I would like to do more base work here at home. Seems like spin classes are just too much fun so I end up pushing hard most of the time so I need some easy rides too.

I doubt it is possible to be too late I am sure Veronica will send you the link to the spreadsheet.

I wimped out last night due to the weather and heavy legs from my hard leg strength session on Wed., so I skipped spinning class and had a light 45 minutes on my trainer at home.