Originally Posted by
francis
Sorry for being confusing, I meant 1m74. I checked the results of the 24h ECG, it's max 150bpm measured at 5pm (I was probably walking somewhere, for sure not exercising), min 70 bpm (at 4am, I was sleeping), average 94. With regards to RHR, I measured several times over several weeks, and it tends to read around 95, more if I had dinner or I just came home or moved around a bit. I live in London, so at sea level.
What prompted me to see the Dr was, a few years back, to have a check up to see if the fast HR was indicative of an underlying problem. There wasn't one, so I could have said case closed, I suppose.
But perhaps what worries me is that the vast majority of the people I know, including sedentary ones, have a much lower RHR, and also being aware of the fact that the expectation that a RHR above 85 is considered by the medical profession to be indicative of poor conditioning or some other issue - and also that at the population level a high HR is strongly associated with increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
Hence, my concern comes from the idea that there is something wrong and I have to do something about it. And the confusion is because the cardiologist I've seen recently said I should do aerobics and not lifting, and because I didn't want to take it at face value (in good part on the basis of materials I read here).
But thanks for your reply - I think I see what you mean and it is helpful. I will check my HR as you said, but why are you asking? Is the expectation that by the time I get to lift 365, HR it would be reduced overall?