malfeasance
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This looks like the right section for this, I think. I am not an endurance sports guy, but as I have gotten older, I have focused more on cardio for health reasons.
I tend to use it progressively, kind of like lifting weights. I pick a machine (lately the escalator stair looking machine, but an elliptical will do) and go at it. I might only do 20 minutes on some low setting at first, but each time after that I extend the time by a minute or three. When I get to 40-45 minutes, I increase the intensity level setting on the machine and cut the time back to maybe 30 minutes, then the next time it is 31, and then . . . well, you get the idea.
I do not do it every day.
I am up to the highest level ever on this stair/escalator thing and just reached 45 minutes.
Here is my concern. I am 57. My beats per minute reached 168 for ten minutes or more toward the end.
Is this a cause for concern?
I feel fine. This is not causing chest pain or anything like that. Some of the "Zone" levels on posters at the gym or online basically say a guy my age should not be letting his heart rate get that high, a "No Go Zone" all in red or something.
Is this dangerous for me?
Like I said, I feel fine. I mean, yeah, perceived exertion, sweat running off like crazy, but I watch a good movie and forget what I am doing until the machine starts slowing it down at the end. I glance at my heart rate a few times while going the cardio.
I have been over 150 bpm pretty reliably for some time now, but today it hit 168 bpm. I know I have been progressively adding cardio time and intensity. Am I doing it wrong? In the effort to protect my health, am I endangering my health?
It is hard to find reliable information about this, so I solicit your input here.
168 bpm at 57 yoa --> Thumbs up or thumbs down?
I tend to use it progressively, kind of like lifting weights. I pick a machine (lately the escalator stair looking machine, but an elliptical will do) and go at it. I might only do 20 minutes on some low setting at first, but each time after that I extend the time by a minute or three. When I get to 40-45 minutes, I increase the intensity level setting on the machine and cut the time back to maybe 30 minutes, then the next time it is 31, and then . . . well, you get the idea.
I do not do it every day.
I am up to the highest level ever on this stair/escalator thing and just reached 45 minutes.
Here is my concern. I am 57. My beats per minute reached 168 for ten minutes or more toward the end.
Is this a cause for concern?
I feel fine. This is not causing chest pain or anything like that. Some of the "Zone" levels on posters at the gym or online basically say a guy my age should not be letting his heart rate get that high, a "No Go Zone" all in red or something.
Is this dangerous for me?
Like I said, I feel fine. I mean, yeah, perceived exertion, sweat running off like crazy, but I watch a good movie and forget what I am doing until the machine starts slowing it down at the end. I glance at my heart rate a few times while going the cardio.
I have been over 150 bpm pretty reliably for some time now, but today it hit 168 bpm. I know I have been progressively adding cardio time and intensity. Am I doing it wrong? In the effort to protect my health, am I endangering my health?
It is hard to find reliable information about this, so I solicit your input here.
168 bpm at 57 yoa --> Thumbs up or thumbs down?
