Hi there, I am a 45 yr old semi-regular exerciser, non smoker, don't drink very much. I'm about 25.5 BMI and have a high body fat, although it was high even when I weighed a lot less.
I use a polar heart rate when exercising, recently I've started doing the park run 5k and am absolutely addicted, it's such good fun. This Saturday when I was going for a new PB my heart rate was around 168 for most of the run, then when I really pushed myself for the last 2k it went up to about 175. In other exercises such as metafit it generally goes up to around 150 max or around 100 - 130 when doing weight based workout in the gym.
It feels hard when I'm working out, but not horribly so and it goes down quite quickly to below 100. My resting heart rate is around 71-75, which is probably higher than it should be.
My question is, is it safe for my heart rate to be so high when running? It's not like I'm achieving super athletic results - my time for the 5k was 33 mins 33 sec, so if I didn't push myself then I'd probably be > 40 mins which I don't fancy.
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Should I worry about my super high exercising heart rate?
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rookiemere · 03/05/2015 16:18
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