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Post by robchalmers on Dec 28, 2015 22:12:41 GMT
I'm 35, started getting fit this year with a couple of triathlons under my belt my Resting HR was 44 with a max of 208 during a VO2max test I did just after. Right now. a stone heavier, in my onesy watching Sinatra after a sizeable few days of Christmas binge eating my hearts turning over an OK-ish 54.
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Post by r0b1et on Jan 1, 2016 16:05:29 GMT
If thet's not a typo... beware of checkups, the nurse was very worried when she logged mine at 49... I decided not to tell her that I'd been running late and run there and arrived within 2 minutes of the test.
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Post by r0b1et on Jan 1, 2016 16:18:05 GMT
Anyhow, thought I'd check back having worn the vivosmart HR for a week, it estimates my resting HR: 24th = (104 miles) 25th = 49 (77 miles) 26th = 47 (75 miles) 27th = 43 (rest day) 28th = 41 (15 mile recovery spin) 29th = 44 (38 miles) 30th = 44 (1hr indoor) 31st = 46 (35m indoor) 1st = 46 (1hr indoor) 2nd = 46 (1hr sweet spot session) 3rd = 47 (1hr 15 turbo - mixed intervals with sprints) 4th = 49 (22 mile - fairly gentle) 5th = 46 (30 miles hard velodrome - under overs) 6th = 47 (off bike... strength work in gym with 10 min run) 7th = 43 (20 miles of cold and windy velodrome - 1hr sweetspot) 8th = 43 (accidental rest day)
so it seems to make sense so far, lowering after a rest - it has logged values in the high 30s, but it takes an average of resting values.
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Post by Pete R on Jan 2, 2016 16:38:52 GMT
Thanks r0b1et, I know it's unusual. I'm not convinced it's due to super-fitness. The mid-30s figures are regularly recorded lying in bed upon first waking up. My resting heart rate in a doctor's surgery is always well up (white-coat syndrome), as is my blood pressure.
Sitting about at home when rested, it would be in the mid to late 40s.
Cycling has drastically improved my sense of well-being, being back to a weight that I was 35 years ago in the time of flared jeans etc. I reckon I'll discuss it with my GP again, since I do have regular checks.
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Post by r0b1et on Jan 2, 2016 17:04:39 GMT
I think a true rested value for me (i.e. if I had 4 or 5 days off - as if!) would be ~38/9. I doubt I'll have that kind of rest for a few weeks, but I intend to use the tracking to ward off overtraining... or at least be aware of it coming. Of interest, here's an example of the "all day" HR tracking from my watch (which by the way I'm loving... one of the best crimbo pressies I've had in years). You can see my parents decided I needed a lie-in ... partly because the little one had got up at about 11:30 and refused to go to sleep (she was a bit frightened that santa might get into the house again!)... hence me still up at 1am! (thanks mum!) The swimming wasn't really "proper swimming", but I took the kids to the pool, we did a bit of messing about and some light swimming along with the 6yo who's just getting swimming, and was doing a width before a rest - in many ways it surprises me how much I actually do go up doing such low impact swimming. My only guess at what was going on at 6:30 is running about after the kids trying to get them into the bath! probably was up and down the stairs a lot. Then 35 minutes on the bike... was meant to be a 1hr-20 interval session... but my speed sensor (and hence power estimate) died, so I stopped.
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Post by stevo on Jan 8, 2016 14:37:18 GMT
A resting heart rate measured alone means very little. My father who is in is 70's and not massively active beyond the odd round of golf is around 45. This proven recently with hospital tests. Recovery time between maximum and minimum is a better indicator of all around fitness.
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Post by Radchenister on Jan 8, 2016 15:04:47 GMT
I don't think we can start pulling slightly inactive OAPs into the debate for comparison, as a different set of issues. We're talking fitness for your common or garden MAMIL cyclist here; I know mine dropped from mid 60's at start up, so it is an indication of fitness but yes, not much use on its own, better judged relative to yourself when progressing from inactivity to better fitness. The good news to newbies is it can be made to go in the right direction. I think r0b1et's little set of info is a great example of how to use the data on a daily basis, particularly in relation to judging fatigue.
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Post by r0b1et on Jan 8, 2016 21:07:37 GMT
I don't think we can start pulling slightly inactive OAPs into the debate for comparison, as a different set of issues. We're talking fitness for your common or garden MAMIL cyclist here; I know mine dropped from mid 60's at start up, so it is an indication of fitness but yes, not much use on its own, better judged relative to yourself when progressing from inactivity to better fitness. The good news to newbies is it can be made to go in the right direction. I think r0b1et 's little set of info is a great example of how to use the data on a daily basis, particularly in relation to judging fatigue. Totally agree. I've updated to today my data above... all makes perfect sense really. Also worth noting before cycling my RHR was ~75.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2016 22:34:40 GMT
Just getting in to road cycling and really interested in this.
Is a Garmin 25 with heart monitor a good purchase to make HR part of my training,or should I be looking for something else?
BTW, I dread to think what my resting heart rate is. I consider myself to be pretty fit and I'm not overweight (age 33), but went on a stag do a couple of years back and a mate had a HR monitor on his phone. We all tried it on the flight home and my RHR was over 100! I'm not the most relaxed when it comes to flying, but it was still an unpleasant surprise!
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Post by chas on Nov 10, 2016 23:41:23 GMT
I've got a 25 and find the screen options frustrating, HR and zone have their own screen and can't be displayed at the same time as speed and cadence. It is small though, I've put a spare mount on my wrist with a Velcro strap for running. Battery life is short too and it can't be charged on the bike as it needs a special clip on lead.
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Post by r0b1et on Nov 10, 2016 23:43:53 GMT
Is a Garmin 25 with heart monitor a good purchase to make HR part of my training,or should I be looking for something else? Yes, it would, and hr transforms training, power then transforms it again. But, given even the 25 isn't a cheap item, it is worth considering other functions you might want in future, with you want mapping? Navigation? More data on screen? Bigger numbers (can be an issue for some) Etc.
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Post by robertsims on Nov 11, 2016 16:41:13 GMT
Think my RHR is about 61-62...thought that was really good until looked at you lot!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 18:12:30 GMT
61-62 sounds great compared to when I last checked mine!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 18:23:29 GMT
Mine is typically around 45 bpm. I have annual health checks through work and have to explain to them before I get my HR measured that I run/bike/swim a bit so the result does not flag up as being dangerously low as one of the "experts" told me when he was trying to get me referred to the company doctor
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 18:37:31 GMT
Mines averaging 49 on my Garmin and is usually sub 55 when I do it manually which I'm OK with at 51 years old.
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