Heart rates for exercise

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Heart rates for exercise
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Tue, 07-06-2004 - 1:01am
I'm new here. I've been on a low-carb diet for around five months and have almost reached my goal. I do a Pilates class once a week (have been doing Pilates on and off for about three years) and walk fast for half an hour about four times a week.

I am 41 and when I did the i-village health check was told that my exercise zone was 90 to 152 beats a minute. I regularly reach 156, sometimes 160 during my half-hour walks. I had a health screen a couple of weeks ago - assuming that everything comes out fine (I will get the results this week) is there a problem with going over the range?

Laura

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Registered: 04-08-2004
Wed, 07-07-2004 - 7:40am

Wow!

Lori

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 07-07-2004 - 1:57pm

Hi, again! If you are taking your heartrate manually, it will give you a rough idea of what your heart rate is. Do you start counting with zero or one? Do you count the beats for 6 or 10 seconds? It isn't exactly accurate so don't worry about your heart rate. Keep using the talk test for now and when you get back to winter walking you can push yourself again. You really don't have to talk to yourself...it is just an example on how you should feel while exercising. I will try to think of another way to explain it, but Nancy uses the same method. Singing is too low and not being able to talk is too high. But, anything that gets your heartrate higher than your resting heartrate is aerobic exercise.


With those high heat and humidity numbers, it is

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 07-07-2004 - 8:16pm
Thanks for the advice. I live in Hong Kong and have for seven years, so I have become accustomed to the climate. In the summer I will always have drunk a litre of water by lunchtime, two litres by the evening, close to three by bedtime.

I count my heartrate from zero and for 15 seconds. I don't feel as if I am pushing myself - I could go faster if I wanted. When I stop at half an hour it is just because I need to get back to my other duties (my 'baby' is four! I breast-fed him for 15 months and then started putting on weight) - I could walk longer easily. I'll try talking today.

Thank you again

Laura

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 07-07-2004 - 8:19pm
No, I'm in Hong Kong. I became very conscious of staying hydrated when I was breastfeeding - no water in, no milk out!

Thanks for the advice.

Laura

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