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Okay so I've been... stationary for years.. every once and awhile I'll go for a long walk or something and went airsofting twice 6 months ago, but all in all, a walk up a street makes me have to catch my breath.
I went to a gym today and was frightened to see my heartrate was like 175-180 at climax... This frightens me quite a bit for obvious reasons. I also have crazy anxiety disorders, am withdrawling from an antidepressent and am on ativan to deal with the withdrawals.
Is this normal? My logic is, since I've been stationary for so long, getting on a treadmill for 25 minutes and a constant fast pace... It's not too bad? I'm also young like 20..
Should I worrY? should I go to the doctor? Is this natural and will it come down after a few workouts? Let me know what you think.
 
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175-180 is not that high, you shouldn't really worry.
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On January 09 2009 09:54 Nitrogen wrote:
hey dumbshit get on vent
rude
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160 is average from what i heard acouple of days ago.
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Resting BPM normal is anywhere from 50 (low) to 90 (high)
You need to talk to a personal trainer to find the appropriate heart rate that you should achieve in order to achieve your "high intensity" workout.
GOOD FOR YOU AND KEEP GOING TO THE GYM!!!!!!!
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Calgary25990 Posts
I fail to believe you can't Google this.
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On January 09 2009 10:06 Chill wrote:
I fail to believe you can't Google this.
Google would require action.
He's that stationary, remember?
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haha
you have anxiety disorder, pretty bad shit
there is nothing you could do about it, make sure you have no serious health conditions and go ahead and train, but i guarantee you that you will feel fucked up no matter what. Atleast knowing that you not going to die will help
heart rate goes up above 200-220 with very intense workouts
160-180 is nothing, dont sweat it
BUT ANXIETY DISORDER SUCKS
u gotta get off the medications but it wont be easy
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I find that heart rate to be normal when I go running at the gym. Don't be worried about it...
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im glad you got the urge to go and work out
just dont lose this determination and keep working out, even if you are out of shape right now, consistent exercise will change this as long as you stick with it!
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175-180 isn't anything to worry about.
I used to worry like crazy about everything, then I realized it was just making me feel worse in general, hence making me more worrisome. When I started to realize that most of the stuff I do really doesn't matter in the big picture.
Anyway dw 
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ROFL i laughed out loud at your link.. .XD
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stop drinking moutain dew. That stuff is terrible for your heart.
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On January 09 2009 10:41 TimmyMac wrote:
HRmax = 220 − age
this is just an estimate (although the most popular one) and can be off by as much as 20+ beats
that said, 170-180 heartrate, especially for a 20 y/o is nothing to be worried about
edit: that 3rd google link with charts is pretty strange. my RHR has been in the 49-51 range for a while now but i'm hardly an athlete. mid 40s is where I'd draw the line between good shape and athlete
oh and the heart rate you will get during exercise won't necessarily go down as you improve. the speed at which you run (for example) will increase for a given heart rate (and in fact, certain programs like HADD are based on this) but your max HR is really dependant on your age/genetics more than anything else. actually research shows that MHR decreases a few beats in trained endurance athletes (somewhere in the realm of 3-5 beats, so nothing major)
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On January 09 2009 13:12 Nintu wrote:
So I'm not dying?..
lol nope
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On January 09 2009 13:12 Nintu wrote:
So I'm not dying?..
you still are, just not as quickly as you had thought
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On January 09 2009 13:38 wrags wrote:you still are, just not as quickly as you had thought
haha, very clever
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On January 09 2009 13:12 Nintu wrote:
So I'm not dying?..
Nah, looks to be a fairly normal heartrate for your age.
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Physician
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180 if ur out of shape is not unusual.. but not healthy, go slower for a couple of month
a few pointers:
-ur predicted maximum heart rate is 220-20 = 200 bpm
- when ur starting off (first couple months of daily-30 min per day-daily-exercise) try and keep a safe range of bellow 60% (or less) of the maximum heart rate - in ur case that would be 120 bpm
- u can crank it up gradually to 160
- generally only elite athletes reach their maximum heart rate comfortably and even these still stay in the 90% range
- different target goal heart ranges are used to achieve different results but this is very debatable.. i.e. too lose weight u try and stay in the 60-70% range, to get super fit your goal will be to eventually sustain 80-90%, to run in the Olympic 400 meters 95%..
for more info ~
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/prevention/exercise/pulsethr.aspx
+ Show Spoiler +On January 09 2009 10:06 Chill wrote:
I fail to believe you can't Google this. - chill has a point, but then again if we all googled like gods, we would know very little about each other and a lot of good answers would never even happen - more importantly we wouldn't get hilarious replies like this one hey dumbshit get on vent; which contrary to the opinion of wrags, I thought it was well intentioned jab
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On January 09 2009 17:03 Physician wrote:180 if ur out of shape is not unusual.. but not healthy, go slower for a couple of month a few pointers: -ur predicted maximum heart rate is 220-20 = 200 bpm - when ur starting off (first couple months of daily-30 min-day-exercise) try and keep a safe range of bellow 60% (or less) of the maximum heart rate - in ur case that would be 120 bpm - u can crank it up gradually to 160 - generally only elite athletes reach their maximum heart rate comfortably and even these still stay in the 90% range - different target goal heart ranges are used to achieve different results but this is very debatable.. i.e. too lose weight u try and stay in the 60-70% range, to get super fit your goal will be to eventually sustain 80-90%, to run in the Olympic 400 meters 95%.. for more info ~ http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/prevention/exercise/pulsethr.aspx+ Show Spoiler +On January 09 2009 10:06 Chill wrote:
I fail to believe you can't Google this. - chill has a point, but then again if we all googled like gods, we would know very little about each other and a lot of good answers would never even happen - more importantly we wouldn't get hilarious replies like this one hey dumbshit get on vent; which contrary to the opinion of wrags, I thought it was well intentioned jab
just curious since you're educated in the field( i assume)
are you familiar with the concept of anxiety disorder?
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the nurses had me on a treadmill for 10 minutes a few days after i had a heart attack. i peaked at 224 when i was 17. i think you have nothing to worry about if you're at 180
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
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now im worried actually , I have 130-160 heart rate when im not exercising, yes i have anciety disorder, my chest hurts all the time, specially when i try to think about something in general or concentrate. don't really know what to do to stop this.
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i was asking you, not google
since you didnt seem to be familiar
On January 10 2009 03:22 ilj.psa wrote:
now im worried actually , I have 130-160 heart rate when im not exercising, yes i have anciety disorder, my chest hurts all the time, specially when i try to think about something in general or concentrate. don't really know what to do to stop this.
how long did you have this for?
nowadays even anxiety disorders often need to be monitored, if you were diagnosed with it then its fine, but you shouldnt diagnose yourself
when your tests come back and they tell you specifically that its not a problem with your valves/hormones/thyroid that causes this, then you can safely follow recommendations on anxiety. But it often takes awhile to determine whether you have it or not, many docs( especially oldschool ) dont believe in it. You need to know your shit before you take actions, if its anxiety then you have to live with it for at least near future
the perfect cure is moving to a remote place where you going to farm your own crops, wake up/go to sleep with the sun and enjoy the absolute silence. Which is never going to happen. Other options are - understanding the nature of disorder, learning to exist in this condition and do your regular routines. Exercising, relaxation techniques, right food( very important), absence of stress is a must. Medications/alcohol wont cure this. Its often times a problem of beliefs, you might have little to no meaning in life, you are not religious. Theres so much but always start off with full medical, it will cost you but you cant move on without knowing that you are OK( 99.9% says you are)
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eh what? are you serious? medications won't cure it? literally that was all the hope i had, im really desesperate now. I can't beat this on my own, i tried for the past 2 years, but every day its the same,
I may sound emo writing this , but this anxiety problem is truly unconfortable, and trust me you can't relax, so its innevitable to have some stress.
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On January 10 2009 12:41 food wrote:
i was asking you, not google, since you didnt seem to be familiar
I was merely trying to be polite.
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On January 10 2009 14:25 ilj.psa wrote:
eh what? are you serious? medications won't cure it? literally that was all the hope i had, im really desesperate now. I can't beat this on my own, i tried for the past 2 years, but every day its the same,
I may sound emo writing this , but this anxiety problem is truly unconfortable, and trust me you can't relax, so its innevitable to have some stress.
many people have this throughout their lives, but only because they did nothing to become healthy. Medications can suppress the symptoms and theoretically in combination with right exercise routines and psychological training it might be the best option. In reality, people get used to decreasing their anxiety levels with medications/alcohol, without creating a necessary basis to become "healthy" again. In fact, nothing is wrong with your body. Its your nervous system that is fucking up, making your heart race and messing up the function of your blood vessels. Even though your heart rate goes up, there is no risk to your health. Obviously the discomfort is often unbearable, but there is nothing you can change atm. Proper course of action would be getting a real psychologist working on your problem with you. There are people who had this for 10-15 years with different symptoms and they were absolutely healthy on all tests. I suggest you buy some literature on this matter and start the journey. You will learn A LOT, many things that you were afraid of will seem meaningless. Dont be worried, medications are worthless without curing the roots of it. Good luck, you have no idea how many people went/going through this.
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On January 10 2009 14:25 ilj.psa wrote:
eh what? are you serious? medications won't cure it? literally that was all the hope i had, im really desesperate now. I can't beat this on my own, i tried for the past 2 years, but every day its the same,
I may sound emo writing this , but this anxiety problem is truly unconfortable, and trust me you can't relax, so its innevitable to have some stress.
The medication will help. It will suppress the symptomes, but will not remove the cause (as far as I understand). The medication is there to help you reduce the symptomes so you can work (or solve) the problems/issues that cause it to happen and to allow you to function normally.
People are usually stuck in a downward spiral that goes around in circles - there's a problem that's causing anxiety, and in turn, the anxiety becomes a bigger problem than the problem itself and so makes it even more difficult to deal with the starting problem, so you become more upset... and all over again and again. Medications help to break this cycle and help you deal with the problem.
I've had this for some time, and I finally visited a doctor. The medications are great, and also talk to the doctor so he/she can help you understand what is the source of the problem and some proper course of actiones to solve it (if you haven't figured it out already), and to remove some of the stress associated with it.
If you are anxious about going to the doctor (as I was) just go there for something else (flu, cold, whatever) that bothers you and just mention it with the other things and start to talk about it say it's been bothering you for a long time and it's starting to hamper your daily duties/interaction with people friends etc. It will feel easier that way and the doctor will understand, help and make you feel better about it. (or have someone you trust go with you)
You will get better, I know I did.
If you have any questions, feel free to pm me or ask here.
(this is from my experience, I'm not an expert, so don't take my words as 100% proof xD)
@ op (don't want to be completely offtopic):
that's a normal heart rate when excersing, but it's good that you are actively interested in that, it's always good to know what you're doing and to do some reading on it.
I know back in the days when I used to train hardcore, my heartrate got to the max 200+, it's really hardcore. nowadays I think I'm like you, totally lazy and out of shape, if I got to 200 heartbeats I think I'd explode. but I'm also starting to work out and excerceise so good luck to both of us!
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