sakko
03-07-2004, 11:36 AM
Hey guys,
I asked my doc about this, and he doesn't seem to worry, but I wanted a second opinion in case he's a moron.
I'm 30 yrs old, 6ft, 225lbs. I was in terrible shape before starting kung fu. Now I'm in much better shape, I can climb stairs, walk for lengthy periods of time, no problems whatsoever. I can also run all the way around the neighborhood park before I need to cut the pace to a walk. Before I could hardly get 50yds.
I want to get better. I want to run ****her, have an easier time with Kung Fu. Eventually go hiking and be more active. But here's the deal.
My resting heartrate is 100bpm. My trip around the park takes probly 2-3 minutes at which point my heartrate will reach 190bpm. I can sustain that only for a short period of time before I feel extremely winded. When I stop I feel pretty jacked up too, but I quickly recover to 150, then 130 if I just continue walking.
I don't know ANYONE with heartrates as high as mine and it kinda scares me. I have a heartrate watch from Polar that I use to measure and it suggests my target exercise heartrates about 150. But I can't jog without it hitting 190 eventually. Anyone else with this problem? Is it even a problem? This heartrate thing is one of the things that inclined me to start kung fu and exercise, but of all the aspects of my health that have improved, including losing about 40 lbs, my heartrate stays about the same.
Any helpful advice appreciated...
I asked my doc about this, and he doesn't seem to worry, but I wanted a second opinion in case he's a moron.
I'm 30 yrs old, 6ft, 225lbs. I was in terrible shape before starting kung fu. Now I'm in much better shape, I can climb stairs, walk for lengthy periods of time, no problems whatsoever. I can also run all the way around the neighborhood park before I need to cut the pace to a walk. Before I could hardly get 50yds.
I want to get better. I want to run ****her, have an easier time with Kung Fu. Eventually go hiking and be more active. But here's the deal.
My resting heartrate is 100bpm. My trip around the park takes probly 2-3 minutes at which point my heartrate will reach 190bpm. I can sustain that only for a short period of time before I feel extremely winded. When I stop I feel pretty jacked up too, but I quickly recover to 150, then 130 if I just continue walking.
I don't know ANYONE with heartrates as high as mine and it kinda scares me. I have a heartrate watch from Polar that I use to measure and it suggests my target exercise heartrates about 150. But I can't jog without it hitting 190 eventually. Anyone else with this problem? Is it even a problem? This heartrate thing is one of the things that inclined me to start kung fu and exercise, but of all the aspects of my health that have improved, including losing about 40 lbs, my heartrate stays about the same.
Any helpful advice appreciated...