Posted: 3/12/2012 12:55:07 PM EDT
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I had this thread here a few months ago. Some may remember but since it's archived I have to update it like this. I had a lot of tests ran and most came back normal. One test was a holter monitor. I wore it for 24 hours. That test showed that I was going into Tachycardia and the doctor thought it was serious but I didn't have the money to go to a specialist. So tried healing myself. Talked to some professional lifters and runners. And turn out I was just out of cardio shape. I have been jogging every other day for two weeks now. At first it was 3 min jog with 170- 180bpm heart rate which is way to high. Today I did 15 min with a heart rate of 140ish and no more of the "bad" symptoms. I'm making progress so that's good. My resting heart rate is lowering. Still higher than it should be but getting better. Just thought I would let you guys know. Thanks for all the advice. |
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Why did the doctor think it was serious? Tachycardia isn't automatically a sign of being unhealthy. I guess the absolute number (BPM) matters, but every time I've heard of tachycardia in the context of endurance sports, that number has been very high. Greg Welch, former Ironman world champ comes to mind and I think he said that they clocked his heart in the high 200s, approaching 300 bpm. That's different than just an elevated HR during exercise that is within the "normal" range, but just high for the intensity level - which sounds like the OP's condition. OP - I won't say you "healed yourself", but congrats on improving your conditioning. |
| Whenever I heard it discussed in school was in line with ACSM guidelines and the basic idea was anything over 100 bpm was tachycardia and it had to be unexplained for it to be a problem. 105 bpm resting heart rate and severly out of shape, not ideal but not patholgical tachycardia. 150 bpm at resting for someone in good shape, definately worth further investigation. 150 bpm and currently running, considered a common sense test. |
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Why did the doctor think it was serious? Tachycardia isn't automatically a sign of being unhealthy. I guess the absolute number (BPM) matters, but every time I've heard of tachycardia in the context of endurance sports, that number has been very high. Greg Welch, former Ironman world champ comes to mind and I think he said that they clocked his heart in the high 200s, approaching 300 bpm. That's different than just an elevated HR during exercise that is within the "normal" range, but just high for the intensity level - which sounds like the OP's condition. OP - I won't say you "healed yourself", but congrats on improving your conditioning. Thanks. I won't say I healed myself either yet. If a few months down the road if I have a better resting heart rate and can go a lot longer on my jogs then I will say that. |
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What are your guys resting heart rates? Also include your age. I just wanna see how much it differs from person to person. Thanks. Right now mine is 110bpm  Resting isnt just sitting, it needs to be when youre asleep or just wake up. Mine was in the mid 30s last time I checked. Im 33. |
| Ive been doing HR testing for about 2 months in various positions. I do it within 10 minutes after waking up. Laying down for two minutes I am usually in the 53-58 range. After standing up for about a minute I check 1 min average and it is usually aroung 85. Higher than norms usually means I need to back off the training. if that day is a training day. If you are curious about the details of what I am talking about look here |