I'm a 43 year old male, 83kg (probably 6kg overwieght) 5'8"
I've always had a wide spread HR. When I was younger I could get it over 210 bpm but resting was 54 bpm. That was when I was a runner and didn't use HRMs to train. Now I'm older my resting rate is around 58 bpm and max now is 192 bpm. All of the training zone's I've looked at seem to slow for me (mainly using Joe Friel's training bible). My fat burning/recovery zone should be up to 125bpm - I just can't achieve figures that low. My average for an easy hour would be around 156 bpm or more. The further up the scale the more I seem to fit within the prescribed limits but I can't seem to get into that low rate recovery zone. Does this matter or should I see the doc? This has been going on for years constantly so it's not an overtraining issue or virus.
I've always had a wide spread HR. When I was younger I could get it over 210 bpm but resting was 54 bpm. That was when I was a runner and didn't use HRMs to train. Now I'm older my resting rate is around 58 bpm and max now is 192 bpm. All of the training zone's I've looked at seem to slow for me (mainly using Joe Friel's training bible). My fat burning/recovery zone should be up to 125bpm - I just can't achieve figures that low. My average for an easy hour would be around 156 bpm or more. The further up the scale the more I seem to fit within the prescribed limits but I can't seem to get into that low rate recovery zone. Does this matter or should I see the doc? This has been going on for years constantly so it's not an overtraining issue or virus.