What does it mean when your heart and pulse rate are high?

[2big4mysize]

lets see you have been feeling nuauseous for several days your resting heart rate is jacked up and you redlined a cardiac test oh and you ate really low cals bcause you couldn't make yourself eat. yep I 'd as it was time to go see the doc.

[Emo_Boy]

Originally Posted by Princess

When your heart rate got up to 180 (I am assuming this is beats/minute), when the personal trainer was measuring your heartrate, was he using the handgrips on the treadmill, or did you have a heart monitor device stuck to your chest? Coz I have heard the handgrips on the machines can be inaccurate.

Also, how long were you on the treadmill before you reach 180?

Reason I ask, is because just yesterday when I was on the cross trainer I took my own pulse - by counting how many times it beat in 15 secs then multiplying by 4 to get beats per minute, and I was over 200 - and that was after doing about 10 mins going hard.

So unless you got to 180 after just 2 mins of exercise, then theres something wrong with the both of us :sadblinky

But then again, my resting heart rate is not 100.

You should NOT go over 150 bpm while exercising .... somewhere between 140-150 is pretty good for your FBZ.

[JESTER]

I definitely agree . . . you should see your physician.

At your age, a resting heart rate of 100, even being overweight, is cause for concern. ( I am a paramedic). I would try to work up to more strenuous exercise over a period of time - 3-4 weeks. If you haven't ever done any sort of cardio training, I don't think I would jump in cold turkey so to speak. When I first started out, I found walking a good way to get my heart rate increased at a slower, and more consistent rate.

Jester

[oletaterhead]

Originally Posted by Emo_Boy

You should NOT go over 150 bpm while exercising .... somewhere between 140-150 is pretty good for your FBZ.

Cardio workout HR is normally higher than the FB HR.

[Kent]

Originally Posted by oletaterhead

Cardio workout HR is normally higher than the FB HR.

I agree the target heart rate zone for a 19 year old would be 171-131, so at 180 she is a over. Although using the Karvonnen Formula for target heart rate zone, those BPM are right in your range, 160-186.