Hi I'm a skinny (8.5 stone = 119 pounds) 53 yr old male (just to set he scene) My resting pulse is
about 70bpm I did some cycling exercise for 45 minuets today, (a lovely run) averaging 143 beats
per minute

An hour later after I had stopped the exercise, my heart rate was still 85 bpm

Would you say this is normal?

This is the first time I've checked my heart rate an hour after the event - I think I'll always try
to do this in the future in order to get a baseline for future monitoring.

Thanks

Many people have higher resting heart rates after sustained exercise. I suppose that the body needs
more blood flow to various areas to shore up the working parts to get them ready for exercise again
if need be.

From my experience, after a 140 bpm workout, I'll drop about 35 or 40 pretty quickly, in two
minutes. THEN I enter a cooldown phase, and it drops much more slowly for about an hour. My resting
is high 50's. If you are still warm, your heart rate may stay up a bit.

In article <bejlm1$aa4$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, No@mail.Please says...
> Hi I'm a skinny (8.5 stone = 119 pounds) 53 yr old male (just to set he scene) My resting pulse is
> about 70bpm I did some cycling exercise for 45 minuets today, (a lovely run) averaging 143 beats
> per minute
>
> An hour later after I had stopped the exercise, my heart rate was still 85 bpm
>
> Would you say this is normal?
>
> This is the first time I've checked my heart rate an hour after the event - I think I'll always
> try to do this in the future in order to get a baseline for future monitoring.

With only those two data points, it's hard to say, but that wouldn't be unusual for me. A good
indicator of your overall conditioning is how far it drops after 2 minutes of rest. For me, it goes
from around 160 to about 120 or a little less in two minutes.

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> In article <bejlm1$aa4$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, No@mail.Please says...
> > Hi I'm a skinny (8.5 stone = 119 pounds) 53 yr old male (just to set he
scene)
> > My resting pulse is about 70bpm I did some cycling exercise for 45 minuets today, (a lovely run)
averaging
> > 143 beats per minute
> >
> > An hour later after I had stopped the exercise, my heart rate was still
85
> > bpm
> >
> > Would you say this is normal?
> >
> > This is the first time I've checked my heart rate an hour after the
event -
> > I think I'll always try to do this in the future in order to get a
baseline
> > for future monitoring.
>
> With only those two data points, it's hard to say, but that wouldn't be unusual for me. A good
> indicator of your overall conditioning is how far it drops after 2 minutes of rest. For me, it
> goes from around 160 to about 120 or a little less in two minutes.
>
I have a resting heart rate of 40 bpm. When doing intervals my heart rate droppes from 170 to about
90 after one minute after my final interval. From there down to normal resting heart rate it takes
quite some time, probably several hours depending of the time of the excersise. Hjalmar

"Jack" <No@mail.Please> wrote in message news:bejlm1$aa4$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> My resting pulse is about 70bpm I did some cycling exercise for 45 minuets today, (a lovely run)
> averaging 143 beats per minute An hour later after I had stopped the exercise, my heart rate was
> still 85 Would you say this is normal?

I wouldn't think anything of it.
1. Weight loss books tell you that one of the benefits of exercise is that your metabolism is higher
for quite some time after you exercise -- that's a benefit because you are burning more calories.
2. That's also one of the reasons why it's a bad idea to exercise right before bedtime -- makes it
harder to sleep.
3. 85 is well within normal range, even for a 70 resting heartbeat.
4. I hope it's normal, because I've noticed the same effect when I've just left the heart rate
monitor on for a while after exercising.

"Jack" <No@mail.Please> wrote in message news:bejlm1$aa4$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> Hi I'm a skinny (8.5 stone = 119 pounds) 53 yr old male (just to set he
scene)
> My resting pulse is about 70bpm I did some cycling exercise for 45 minuets today, (a lovely run)
averaging
> 143 beats per minute
>
> An hour later after I had stopped the exercise, my heart rate was still
85
> bpm
>
> Would you say this is normal?
>
> This is the first time I've checked my heart rate an hour after the
event -
> I think I'll always try to do this in the future in order to get a
baseline
> for future monitoring.
>
> Thanks
>

If I do a hard workout during the day, my heartrate will never get back to my morning resting
heartrate for the rest of the day.

"one of the six billion" <varuna.remove@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>If I do a hard workout during the day, my heartrate will never get back to my morning resting
>heartrate for the rest of the day.

Even if you don't do a hard workout, it's unlikely your HR will ever get down to your true resting
heart rate. It's always lowest in the morning before you've gotten out of bed (or even rolled over
to turn off the alarm clock or annoy the wife). In my case, the difference was around 10 bpm.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

I take my baseline from before rather than after the activity, but sometimes I leave the monitor on
after the exercise to see how it evolves.

I don't get back to base until quite a while after stopping the exercise. But another important
factor to consider is eating. I generally have dinner after I finish exercizing and the fact of
_digesting_ sends my rate _way_ up. So If you're doing the same, allow for it.

Elisa Roselli Paris, France

Jack wrote:

> Hi I'm a skinny (8.5 stone = 119 pounds) 53 yr old male (just to set he scene) My resting pulse is
> about 70bpm I did some cycling exercise for 45 minuets today, (a lovely run) averaging 143 beats
> per minute
>
> An hour later after I had stopped the exercise, my heart rate was still 85 bpm
>
> Would you say this is normal?
>
> This is the first time I've checked my heart rate an hour after the event - I think I'll always
> try to do this in the future in order to get a baseline for future monitoring.
>
> Thanks