What is your highest heart rate?

i_hulk · Sep 10, 2009

I'll try to keep my story short. Most of my life that I actually checked my heart rate it was always rather high when running or any other high intensity exercise. This year in the midst of my hormone issues that started in Feb. I developed a pain in the chest that was constant. Almost like a knife was stuck in there. It never went away. It would make me grab my chest at times when I forced myself to exercise to try and lose the weight that was coming on at a fast pace. One day in July, I was shooting basketball and the pain was unbearable. I said now this is too much. Looked up some cardiologist and found one that took me the next day. He ran me through the mill which is what I wanted. When starting the stress test I asked the lady/nurse, what is a high heart rate for my age. She replied, "anything over 200 and we take you to the hospital." I joking grabbed my head and said.. oh lord, don't say that. On the stress test it got to 218.
Needless to say I've seen it higher with a heart rate monitor around my chest. Upwards in the high 220's. The pain I had was from Mitral Valve Prolapse. Very common. He prescribed me Bystolic which is a beta blocker. Now I have to try very hard to reach the 180's. Best medication ever prescribed for me. Love the Dr.

So, what is your highest you ever noticed?

My age: 27

Mr. Bear · Sep 10, 2009

Iusually top out at 171-172 while doing HIIT Cardio

tenny · Sep 10, 2009

163 after a 1/8 mile sprint

my resting rate is 48

i_hulk · Sep 10, 2009

tenny said:
163 after a 1/8 mile sprint

my resting rate is 48

That's pretty amazing. Resting of 48.... wow.

Just found this: Miguel Indurain, a Spanish cyclist and five time Tour de France winner, had a resting heart rate of 28 beats per minute, one of the lowest ever recorded in a healthy human.

Gunsmith · Sep 10, 2009

when healthy , my resting is around 45-55 bpm , highest mine has been when i checked it was right at 200 and that was after squating 225 to failure.

Im certain its been higher , ive been in some some tight spots as a cop and it got so high i thought i was going to pass out

Shredder01 · Sep 11, 2009

Heart Rate

Yeah, the Miguel Indurain quote is correct, you'll find that all top level professional cyclists (and most endurance athletes) have very low resting heart rates....i believe that Lance Armstong's is 32bpm.

My own resting heart rate, (having an endurance background as i competed some years ago as a leading amateur cyclist) is currently 42-45bpm and i weigh 233lbs at present. I don't do any cycling at all now (not for many years) but i can still step onto a treadmill and run at 10-11mph for 30mins with minor discomfort.

It's common knowledge that everyones maximum heart rate is generally 220-your age, i.e, i'm 38 now so my max heart rate should be approx 182bpm. I have however recorded it pumping at 205 whilst cycling and most recently during a crazy treadmill session.

Since being diagnosed with an 'athletes heart' (another name for an enlarged heart i believe) during my cycling career I have exceeded my maximum heart rate on numerous occasions, although i was warned not to be doing this regularly as it will cause potential future problems.

Gunsmith · Sep 11, 2009

Shredder01 said:
Since being diagnosed with an 'athletes heart' (another name for an enlarged heart i believe) during my cycling career I have exceeded my maximum heart rate on numerous occasions, although i was warned not to be doing this regularly as it will cause potential future problems.

More commonly now as "runners heart" its from keeping your heart at an elivated rate for prolonged periods of time and basiclay wears the elastisity of the muscle down. My wife works with a heart surgen mostly and she was concerned about my blood pressure being below normal and my pulse being so low so he listened to it and explained that the heart isin't having to work that hard due to it being very healthy and the arteries having no restriction , he was very impressed.

Some of the world record holders for "free diving" can drop their heart rate to a reported 10 bpm !! allowing them to hold their breath for up to 10 min. This is what the movie "Big Blue" was based on.