Gym and fitness (45 Viewers)

[Post Ironic]

Yeah. I'm usually just cruising along, enjoying the ride, so my heart rate probably doesn't go over 130. I remember spiking my heart rate to 210 in my early 20s doing cardio at the gym at times. Haha. There's no way I could get it there now.

 

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[Zacheryah]

210 is quite alot, i dont think i've even been past 200, even with ephedrine :O

 

[Post Ironic]

210 is quite alot, i dont think i've even been past 200, even with ephedrine :O

Yes, very high. My two brothers had the ability to go well over 200 as well. A family thing, perhaps?

 

[Zacheryah]

Possibly yeah, Technically high max heartrate makes you pretty well suited for endurance courses that have some sort of interval in it.


When on a cycle at the gym, do an interval with a heartrate counter. Interval as in 1 minute slow no resistance, and 1 minute maximum resistance and 90+ rpm
You'll notice you can cope with the extreme acceleration and pace, untill you come close to your max heartrate, wich is when it will start to slow down.

Better conditionned muscles and a high VO2-max can then allow you to stay as long in this peak as possible

 

[Maddy]

I run 5 km 4 times a week. It's brilliant.

Cardio is the way to go.

 

[Seven]

Yes, very high. My two brothers had the ability to go well over 200 as well. A family thing, perhaps?

Lots of people have the ability to go well over 200 in their teens though.

 

[Post Ironic]

Lots of people have the ability to go well over 200 in their teens though.

Yeah. I could get to about 225 when I was 18, and 210 or so when I was 22/23. Last time I checked, I think was a couple years ago, and 200 was pretty tough to hit.

 

[Seven]

Yeah. I could get to about 225 when I was 18, and 210 or so when I was 22/23. Last time I checked, I think was a couple years ago, and 200 was pretty tough to hit.

I've read studies that said you should aim to keep your maximum heart rate as high as possible as it would be a sign of slow aging. Not sure how old you are, but I think above 25 reaching 200 becomes pretty tough.

The old 'wisdom' of never trying to get a high heart rate as you age seems bullshit and counterproductive in any case.

 

[Post Ironic]

One of the healthier 60 year old guy I know can still get his heart rate up over 180 while doing intervals. He was an Olympic wrestler though...

 

[Ford Prefect]

I maxed out at around 187 but until last year I didn't do any cardio at all and I smoked for 8 years before, don't know if that's good, I was always told it was too subjective beyond undergoing a heart assessment.

 

[Post Ironic]

I maxed out at around 187 but until last year I didn't do any cardio at all and I smoked for 8 years before, don't know if that's good, I was always told it was too subjective beyond undergoing a heart assessment.

What's more important is how quickly your heart rate drops when you cease exercising. That and having a low resting heart rate.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

I run 5 km 4 times a week. It's brilliant.

Cardio is the way to go.

if you are an antelope

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

You guys have motivated me. I may run a bit tomorrow on the treadmill

 

[Ford Prefect]

What's more important is how quickly your heart rate drops when you cease exercising. That and having a low resting heart rate.

I think my resting rate was around 80, and I'd drop from 187 to around 110 in 5 mins, I'd go back to 140/150 in a minute of active recovery.

These are just readings from the heart rate pads at my old gym so I don't know how trust worthy they are.

 

[JCK]

I haven't had my heart rate monitor on me in 3 years but I used to get around 195 when running intervals. What I used to enjoy is my heart rate when running the yearly half marathon, during which I am in my best form and have always performed to my best, I have not gone over 180 during any of my first three times I ran. The past two times I ran without the monitor so I can't tell.

I am intrigued to see how my heart rate has evolved after these two years, maybe I will try it soon.

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

Saw some guy squatting on an upside down bosu ball while attempting to do bicep curls with a curl bar. I thought things like that were a joke or something, I didn't really think people did such things...

 

[Ford Prefect]

Saw some guy squatting on an upside down bosu ball while attempting to do bicep curls with a curl bar. I thought things like that were a joke or something, I didn't really think people did such things...

I saw someone lunging with a barbell and doing a shoulder press every rep, looked pretty hardcore tbf.

 

[Post Ironic]

Saw some guy squatting on an upside down bosu ball while attempting to do bicep curls with a curl bar. I thought things like that were a joke or something, I didn't really think people did such things...

When I was working as a personal trainer and in the gym 8-10 hours a day with that, I saw some pretty ridiculous things like this. Some people really have no idea what they're doing in the gym, or just how counterproductive many of the exercises they do really are.

 

[Ford Prefect]

When I was working as a personal trainer and in the gym 8-10 hours a day with that, I saw some pretty ridiculous things like this. Some people really have no idea what they're doing in the gym, or just how counterproductive many of the exercises they do really are.

I'm always terrified of doing stuff wrong, takes me a lot of time before I introduce a new exercise, only after I've tried it in an empty gym first near the mirrors

On which note...I want to start benching and dead lifting but I don't want to lose the variety of exercises I do. I was thinking of Sunday core, Monday push and shoulders, tuesday pull, wed legs and squat, Thurs bench, Friday dead lift. I only get 40 mins at the moment to train, would this work out do you recon?

 

[Salvo]

Sore lower back, any recommendations?