Heart rate really high while exercising? Worried? Help!?!


Question: Heart rate really high while exercising? Worried? Help!?
I'm 18 years old and honestly haven't exercised a day in my life. I'm not overweight at all, but I'm sure you can all imagine how untoned and unfit I am. So I decided to finally do something about it, and I joined a gym!

I worked on target machines for about 20 minutes, like leg press machines and ab machines. Than I went to the cardio machines....... I think I was on something called an eliptical machine.. not sure.. but anyways.. I wasn't using it that fast, I kept a normal speed, but my heart rate was at 175! I wanted to go faster but I was scared it would exceed 200!

I have a severe anxiety disorder and I was just recently worried because my resting heart rate is only about 50. And sometimes it goes over 100 out of nowhere. My doctor has done some test putting stickers on my chest and scanning it and it's fine.

I'm scared? Should I stop working out? Or just use the machine slower? Whats my limit for heart rate? 18, 120 pounds

Answers:

Its fine to have that high of heartrate because you've never worked out, and it will slowly go down as you get more muscle and fit. Also your maximum heartrate is 220 - your age.



ok, well i was unfit when i started working out. I was 17 years of age, and had the same prob my heart rate was 190... and it was high but i got fit and ate healthy and now my heart rate is at 140... just work out but don't over do it. If you seem like you need to stop, STOP! and rest. but just workout or you could always go back to your physician and ask.

My own experiance.



If you have anxiety, why not do some fact checking before you go do things, seriously, jumping into the dark isn't a smart plan if you know you're gonna panic.

175 isn't anything dramatic at 18 you could do up to about 210-220, and it's unlikely it would just sky-rocket, unless you really push yourself, or panic.

Basically you control your heartbeat by controlling your intensity(and not freaking out), so it's all up to you, to just do it right.

Read this chart, figure out what heart-rate you should aim for, and train towards that:
http://www.ginmiller.com/gmf06/articles/…




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