whats a normal heart rate while working out?!


Question: Whats a normal heart rate while working out?
im 20 i just started going to the gym with my 2 friends about 2 wks ago i weigh about 125lbs & im 5'5 and am a smoker ... i was doing the olyptical or however you spell it not very fast for 8 minutes and my heartrate went up to 170 ... is this bad ? i know im skinny but i have been lazy so i am out of shape but is my heart rate being this high suggest that im unhealthy ? im skitzing help lol thanks !

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Rule of thumb for maximum heart rate is 220 minus your age. If you are about 20 years old, your maximum heart rate is probably around 200 bpm or so. This varies from person to person, of course, but that's a standard ballpark figure.



Just as a rule of thumb, you subtract your age from 180 to get your target heart rate during cardio work. So you should not be above 160--maybe if you were in great shape and training for a race you might shoot for higher, but not generally.

Maybe you just didn't realize how hard you were working on the ELLIPTICAL machine. It's a low-impact/no impact machine so it's easy to get fooled about how hard you're going. But it also could be that there's something wrong.

Stop smoking you utter fool!



When I due cardio my target zone is 160, to find your the formula is 220- your age x .8 = target heart rate. Or you can you the calculator on the website below.

http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstool…



yeah smoking could boost your heartrate with less activity your doing. Cardio and smoking does not mix :/




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