Heart Attack

[IBM]

Edit - Just realised the title might be a little on the alarmist side.....sorry....

I was on one of those ski machines yesterday, one with a built in heart rate sensor. Toward the end of a very strenuous workout I thought I'd check to see how I was doing....turns out my heart was doing 190 bpm....after 30 secs it was down to 178. Even so, isn't 190 a little high?

I know those machines aren't hugely accurate, but even with a 10% margin for error, that's still pretty high, right?

[tiggerai]

hehe

Depends how old you are. I think the maximum heart rate is about 220- your age as a male.

I can't use those machines because of my heart condition, it jumps all over the place (64,90,180,40 etc)

[SiM]

Don't worry, you were probably going too fast on the machine. Going slowly burns more fat if thats your goal...

[YorkieBen]

yeah mate you have got miles to go until your heart explodes

Im not sure how accurate those heart rate monitors are on ski machines tbh

[Lowe]

As said, 220-age is a rough measurement for your max heart rate, though you should only try to approach your max when being supervised because you do run the risk of a cardiac arrest.

[IBM]

Just turned 30, so 190 is spot on. Certainly felt like I was pushing things a little....not like I was killing myself, but certainly working in the upper ranges.

Plus the machine is probably +/- 5-10%, hopefully in my favour. So maybe nothing to worry about. I'm not completely out of shape, so quite suprised I managed to push things that far. My chest hasn't felt that way since cross country at school.