Heart Rate.....where are you on this chart ??

[mcsap]

Went to dontate blood today and got the bad news..I am too good of a shape to donate !

My heart rate right after arriving was 47. They require 50 as a minimum. The guy that took my vitals knew that I run and made a note of it. One of the other ladies had a small cow over it saying that it doesn't matter and they can't allow it. They had the supervisor come out who looked at me ( and knows me from over 20 years of donating ) and said " he's good to go ". " Just write athletic next to his heart rate ".

I told them ( in fun ) that I am sorry that I am in good shape and that I promise to go find a large bag of Dorito's and start leading the life of a tree sloth.

[chewy]

My heart rate is normally about 84 to 92 (keep in mind I'm a blimp!). I started excersizing regularily in May, I was 315 and now am 282 (i had 3 weeks with no PT in there). When I'm at the gym on the treadmill I'll run between 2 and 5 miles a day and I can get my heart up to about 163 for 20min at a time then I walk a while then run again with sprinting thrown in to keep it "intersting". I also did a few Saturday "full body bootcamp" where I did a 2 hour nonstop PT. It sucked but man, after it was over I felt awesome. I took 2 weeks of for vacation at the end of July and then another week after because I got a cold. I'm still struggling to get back to the comfort running I had prior to vacation but I'm getting there. I also do some stuff at home (small weights, squat thrusts, situps etc) but the running is big for me because, well, I'm big . I'm hoping to get to 240-ish and get my heart rate to where I can do a mile or mile and half run without getting my heart rate into the "WARNING, STROKE EMINANT" range!

[SANE-A30]

Mcsap that's great! And funny you should be proud ... Chewy that's good that you are dedicated just don't kill yourself in the process I admire people that are determined.. You will get there just takes time.

[chewy]

Mcsap that's great! And funny you should be proud ... Chewy that's good that you are dedicated just don't kill yourself in the process I admire people that are determined.. You will get there just takes time.

Ya, I know. The think is I USED to be there and it's been 20 years... how long is a long time?! :D

Of course I didn't excersize a lot of those 20 years

[fatboyjim154]

After a few coffees this morning and just gettig back from being dragged by hell hound 65. Not bad for someone who's 40, 'clinically obese', unfit, has slight hypertension and ragged from silly hours of duty and little sleep because of the recent events in London.

Makes me wonder what it'll be if I did start hitting the Gym properly again.

[SANE-A30]

Chewy my moto is : motivation makes ya do things you don't want to do... Atleast that's my theory these days.....

[MikeG]

Makes me wonder what it'll be if I did start hitting the Gym properly again.

Sore

"Oh yeah, that's why I stopped doing this."

[retdetsgt]

I found early on that if I get into a routine, then I feel guilty and crummy if I miss a day. In fact, if I missed more than a week, I would get sore from not working out.

[Doc21]

I'm glad this topic was brought up b/c I've always had a fairly high resting heart rate. I'm generally in the mid to high 80's. I'm a 25 y/o male 5'10" 160ish LBS, I run 1.5mi in 9:20's. I routinely do crossfit. Non-smoker, don't take any supplements or medication. I've been active my entire life,typical sports in high school, straight into the Army for 5 years then straight into the Academy. Does anyone have any ideas?