Heart rate Resting and Heart Rate going up a bloody big Hill ???

[Grayduff]

I'm 53, my resting is 38-40 and i can still get to just over 180 when climbing. I don't feel stressed (too much) at that and do recover quickly. I used to donate platelets and they had to take my pulse immediately I entered the building as if I sat down for a few minutes my pulse rate dropped below the minimum allowed for a donation. Eventually they put a note on my file about the amount of cycling I did.

I mentioned it (my upper limit) to my doc (not on a specific visit but when there for something else) and he reckoned not to worry about it, just 40 odd years of regular exercise had allowed me to cope with that.

When I got my Garmin 800 I started using the HRM setting at the recommended figures for my age but got sick of the alarm going off so have stopped using it regularly . I just use the cadence function and my local LBS owner (and veteran racer) says he doesn't train using a HRM anymore - he uses power meters as (older than me) his HRM figures mean nothing anyway.

I only use a HRM occasionally now - too easy to get hung up on the figures.

Thank you that does make me feel whole lot better, note to self stop panicking and just enjoy the Bike

 

[Hicky]

If i get anywhere near my upper HR my legs are screaming long before.....running I can hit a high easily and keep going(for a while).
I guess my cycling fitness has taken a nosedive recently.....

 

[TheJDog]

I'm 44, Max is around 190 bpm, resting around 55.

It doesn't sound like you have anything to worry about.

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

54 here. Resting heart rate about 45bpm, maximum heart rate somewhere between 185-190bpm. As Robert implied, nothing to worry about, just normal for someone who's fitter than average!

 

[Sara_H]

Before you say anything yes i am going to see the Doctor next week However i wanted to see whether my good friends on this forum have had some issues related to mine.
I have been cycling for just over two years 100-150 miles a week and now during the not so nice weather i have been Spinning and Turbo training a couple times a week as well as a 40 mile ride with the club on a Sunday. The reason for the question is that i was told by another spinning compatriot that i should get my resting heart rate checked and he thought that my Max heart rate was to high also.
I am 50 years old and my max heart rate can go up to about 178 according to my heart rate monitor when working at almost full gas, however despite this i feel fine, the only time i suffer more is when i go up big/biggish hills 18/23% gradient over 10/15 minutes but i do recover quickly, it was suggested that this is ok ish but i should check my resting heart rate...i have now done this on 4 waking occasions and it is around 52 ...Should i be worrying or am i just a little fitter than i think i am just .crap at going up hills

I go up a massive hill at the end of my ride home from work. It's a steep climb of about 1.5 miles with no let up.
I daren't find out what my heart rate is during the climb! On a bad day I feel like it will be the death if me, though in reality I know it's probably doing me good!

 

[Grayduff]

I think the thing i am finding hard to believe is that i might actually be fit " Me Fit " impossible my friends and family say after years and years of doing nothing more than a walk to the car i can after two years on my bike hold my head high and say i am fit ( ish ) healthy ( ish ) and a far better man than i was before and maybe just maybe my heart rate issues are ok ( ish

 

[gam001]

As per people above, sounds ok to me...
I am 38, max around 200, can keep at around 180 for an hour, resting around 50.
Everybody's varies, I wouldn't be too concerned comparing to others.
If yours changed dramatically all of a sudden for no apparent reason, then that might be a different matter to look into...

 

[gam001]

I think the thing i am finding hard to believe is that i might actually be fit " Me Fit " impossible my friends and family say after years and years of doing nothing more than a walk to the car i can after two years on my bike hold my head high and say i am fit ( ish ) healthy ( ish ) and a far better man than i was before and maybe just maybe my heart rate issues are ok ( ish

Know the feeling...had BP and pulse taken last week...I am a big lad...she asked if I was on medication, as my pulse came back at 52, as she usually sees 70-80 and expected mine to be at least as high as that...cheeky cow ...I pointed her to my previous results which were in the low 50s, and that I cycle regularly...she looked very confused

 

[moo]

I'm at the other end of the spectrum. My resting heart rate is around 40. My max heart rate going up an 18% climb is 167. For a 35 year old most would consider this abnormaly low, but I feel fine.

 

[Mr_Grieve]

I wouldn't be bothering the doctor...

Agree with Rob. DOI I'm a doctor

I'm at the other end of the spectrum. My resting heart rate is around 40. My max heart rate going up an 18% climb is 167. For a 35 year old most would consider this abnormaly low, but I feel fine.

You're in illustrious company - Chris Froome apparently has a MHR of 165.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

He has no basis for saying it was too high.

Keep calm and cycle on

 

[steve292]

I'm 46.
MHR 186, resting about 57.
I would agree with the others, your just fit. It's one of the things i've noticed in the 3 years i've been back cycling regulary as well. what you may find, as I did that a 2 month layoff will increase your resting heart rate quite a bit.

 

[Broughtonblue]

I'm 47. Max 178 resting 52.
If it does turn out you have a dodgy ticker please post on here as the majority of us will have the same problem!

 

[Winnershsaint]

I'm 57. Resting HR is 52, max 178, doesn't seem much different from most others here.

 

[JtB]

Don't wish to brag, but my resting heart rate got down to less than 12 bmp :-p. But much as I'd like to deceive myself that this was down to my own fitness, the reality was that pauses of over 5 seconds meant I was pasising out and I ended up needing a pacemaker which is programmed to kick in at 60 bpm :-(. At least I'm burning more calories now while I'm sleeping :-).