High average HR?

adowling92

I just averaged 182BMP on my heart rate over an 18 miles ride.

Is this a bit high?

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

I just averaged 182BMP on my heart rate over an 18 miles ride.

Is this a bit high?

How could anyone possibly answer that question, based on the (very limited) info you have given us?

sloppyschleckonds

Is this a quiz?

Herbsman

It's ridiculously high. If I were you I'd seek medical attention IMMEDIATELY as you may not have much longer to live.

Herbsman

No need to call the emergency services, just get yourself a taxi down to A&E to get yourself checked out, they will do a heart rate scan on you and possibly fit a temporary pacemaker to slow your heart down a few beats to compensate for it being so high during your ride.

adowling92

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

I just averaged 182BMP on my heart rate over an 18 miles ride.

Is this a bit high?

How could anyone possibly answer that question, based on the (very limited) info you have given us?

What else do you want?

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Is this a quiz?

Are you a knob in person, aswell as on here?

Herbsman wrote:

No need to call the emergency services, just get yourself a taxi down to A&E to get yourself checked out, they will do a heart rate scan on you and possibly fit a temporary pacemaker to slow your heart down a few beats to compensate for it being so high during your ride.

Don't know whether to take you seriously or not.

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

I just averaged 182BMP on my heart rate over an 18 miles ride.

Is this a bit high?

How could anyone possibly answer that question, based on the (very limited) info you have given us?

What else do you want?

what device were you using to record your HR
what is your MHR (and how was it established)
what was your perceived effort level during the ride (ie how hard were you riding)
what riding had you done in the previous few days

That'll do for starters.

team47b

...and

age
bmi (didn't like to ask right out if you are a fat person)
fitness level
how long you been into cycling
normal HR on an 18 mile ride
resting heart rate average over a few days
Max HR tested
hills
wind direction
what bike
etc etc

I'm a pedantic knob in real life too

sloppyschleckonds

adowling92 wrote:

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Is this a quiz?

Are you a knob in person, aswell as on here?

Yeah, I regularly stress the most important muscle in my body too much.

adowling92

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Is this a quiz?

Are you a knob in person, aswell as on here?

Yeah, I regularly stress the most important muscle in my body too much.

lack of.

imposter2.0

So you didn't want an answer then?

adowling92

it was just a question in general, i dont want an in depth report. Most people i've seen on strava etc using HR monitors are averaging about 160bmp.

team47b

non in depth answer - you then are different to most people.

ric/rstsport

adowling92 wrote:

I just averaged 182BMP on my heart rate over an 18 miles ride.

Is this a bit high?

apart from the fact that no one can answer the question based on the exceedingly limited information you have provided, i can say that many, many, people average such HR when racing (or riding hard). (some people will be higher, and some people will be lower).

However, if you're at all worried about your heart and health then don't ask questions here, you should (seriously) visit a hospital or doctor.

ric

adowling92

Ric/RSTSport wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

I just averaged 182BMP on my heart rate over an 18 miles ride.

Is this a bit high?

apart from the fact that no one can answer the question based on the exceedingly limited information you have provided, i can say that many, many, people average such HR when racing (or riding hard). (some people will be higher, and some people will be lower).

However, if you're at all worried about your heart and health then don't ask questions here, you should (seriously) visit a hospital or doctor.

ric

Thats all i wanted to know. Cheers for that Ric

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

it was just a question in general, i dont want an in depth report. Most people i've seen on strava etc using HR monitors are averaging about 160bmp.

And other people's HRs are relevant 'how' exactly..? If you don't understand riding with HR (and your posts here suggest that you don't), then you might as well not bother using it and posting questions on here when you don't want answers just makes you look a bit silly. By the way, it's 'bpm' (beats per minute), not 'bmp'. BMP is a Soviet-era armoured personnel carrier...

adowling92

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

it was just a question in general, i dont want an in depth report. Most people i've seen on strava etc using HR monitors are averaging about 160bmp.

And other people's HRs are relevant 'how' exactly..? If you don't understand riding with HR (and your posts here suggest that you don't), then you might as well not bother using it. By the way, it's 'bpm' (beats per minute), not 'bmp'. BMP is a Soviet armoured personnel carrier...

No, i saw 182 BMP's. Who cares about a typo? Go pick someone else's spellings.

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

No, i saw 182 BMP's. Who cares about a typo? Go pick someone else's spellings.

So do you know what your max 'bmp' is?

adowling92

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

No, i saw 182 BMP's. Who cares about a typo? Go pick someone else's spellings.

So do you know what your max 'bmp' is?

it was 200bpm.

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

No, i saw 182 BMP's. Who cares about a typo? Go pick someone else's spellings.

So do you know what your max 'bmp' is?

it was 200bpm.

no, what I mean is - what is your maximum HR - not just what your highest reading was on that ride.

adowling92

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

No, i saw 182 BMP's. Who cares about a typo? Go pick someone else's spellings.

So do you know what your max 'bmp' is?

it was 200bpm.

no, what I mean is - what is your maximum HR - not just what your highest reading was on that ride.

i don't know then. Havent had the HRM long.

ric/rstsport

it may help if you let us know what sort of cycling you do (e.g. road racing, TTing, sportives, keep fit, etc) and what sort of HRs you've seen while doing said activities.

That said, HR varies wildly from person to person, and within an individual and even if you 'anchor' your HR to a specific metric (e.g. HR max, or threshold) it can still vary on a day to day basis. Additionally, how you test your HR is something people may need to know, because some of these metrics are protocol dependent.

Ric

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

i don't know then. Havent had the HRM long.

In which case, nobody can possibly tell you whether 182 is high, low, or even somewhere in the middle. Your '182bmp' is totally meaningless without context.

Try the search function and have a read of some of the many 'training with HR' threads on here.

adowling92

Ric/RSTSport wrote:

it may help if you let us know what sort of cycling you do (e.g. road racing, TTing, sportives, keep fit, etc) and what sort of HRs you've seen while doing said activities.

That said, HR varies wildly from person to person, and within an individual and even if you 'anchor' your HR to a specific metric (e.g. HR max, or threshold) it can still vary on a day to day basis. Additionally, how you test your HR is something people may need to know, because some of these metrics are protocol dependent.

Ric

Just to keep fit really, but moving on to doing some sportives soon. Maybe i was just having an off day yesterday, i averaged 164bpm today on the same sort of length ride.

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

i don't know then. Havent had the HRM long.

In which case, nobody can possibly tell you whether 182 is high, low, or even somewhere in the middle. Your '182bmp' is totally meaningless without context.

Try the search function and have a read of some of the many 'training with HR' threads on here.

You can stop emphasising the 'bmp' bit now.

ric/rstsport

there's a stack of threads here (this forum) about training with HR of which some are useful. There's an odd book or two which are also ok to give you an idea about training, and ourselves and others offer coaching or training to help you get fitter.

did you do the two rides at a similar intensity?

adowling92

Ric/RSTSport wrote:

there's a stack of threads here (this forum) about training with HR of which some are useful. There's an odd book or two which are also ok to give you an idea about training, and ourselves and others offer coaching or training to help you get fitter.

did you do the two rides at a similar intensity?

Well yesterday was my first proper ride since my accident, so i've been out of the saddle for 4 weeks.

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

Maybe i was just having an off day yesterday, i averaged 164bpm today on the same sort of length ride.

seriously - unless you have some idea of where 164 (or any other number) sits in your HR range, then using HR is pointless.

adowling92

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

Maybe i was just having an off day yesterday, i averaged 164bpm today on the same sort of length ride.

seriously - unless you have some idea of where 164 (or any other number) sits in your HR range, then using HR is pointless.

Well how am i going to learn about my HR range if i don't use the HRM? *logic*

ric/rstsport

you need to do some sort of test so that you can anchor your measurements against that metric and use it as a rough guide to the intensity at which you ride.

for e.g. we have this calculator on our website http://www.rstsport.com/event-training- ... -zones.htm and next to the zones it gives a suggestion for what sort of session is suitable for that zone (of course it isn't specific to anyone - the suggestion - so it could be useless for you?).

there's a variety of ways to establish your maximum heart rate, but you need to ensure that your fit and healthy prior to doing so (e.g., no heart disease, you don't have a cold or any infection, etc).

imposter2.0

adowling92 wrote:

Imposter wrote:

adowling92 wrote:

Maybe i was just having an off day yesterday, i averaged 164bpm today on the same sort of length ride.

seriously - unless you have some idea of where 164 (or any other number) sits in your HR range, then using HR is pointless.

Well how am i going to learn about my HR range if i don't use the HRM? *logic*

As has already been suggested - you need to know what your max HR is. Until you know that (ie until you get a reference point from which to compare the numbers), anything the HRM tells you is pretty much useless. *logic*