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Confederate · 07-24-2006, 06:21 PM

First off a little history....
After college I put on a lot of weight, I went from 180lbs to 245lbs over 2 years. Finally got tired of looking and feeling that way. So I started exercising again. At first I couldn't run a mile, but over time I got better. And since this time last year I went from 245 back down to 180lbs. And I run 30 minutes a few times a week, which is a little over 3 miles each.

Lately I have been interested in monitoring my heart rate. Tonight I took my pulse immediately after running and it was beating so fast I couldn't keep up. I estimate it was between 60-70 over 15 seconds. So my BPM was over 240! As far as I know this is really high, as my target heart rate is around 180. And I was curious if I need to do anything different, and if so, what?

07-24-2006, 06:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	Pulse rate too high? First off a little history.... After college I put on a lot of weight, I went from 180lbs to 245lbs over 2 years. Finally got tired of looking and feeling that way. So I started exercising again. At first I couldn't run a mile, but over time I got better. And since this time last year I went from 245 back down to 180lbs. And I run 30 minutes a few times a week, which is a little over 3 miles each. Lately I have been interested in monitoring my heart rate. Tonight I took my pulse immediately after running and it was beating so fast I couldn't keep up. I estimate it was between 60-70 over 15 seconds. So my BPM was over 240! As far as I know this is really high, as my target heart rate is around 180. And I was curious if I need to do anything different, and if so, what?