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DrSugar Answers: High Heart Rate After Running?
DrSugar is in the house and answering your questions.
Dear Doc,
I work out regularly, usually running, and I recently decided to monitor my heart rate. I am 22 years old and after a run my heart rate is in the 190s and sometimes over 200.
You Asked: Hold On for Heart Rate?
You're asking and I'm answering . . .
What's the Deal With: STRAPLESS Heart Rate Monitors
In case you're not familiar with heart rate monitors, they usually come with a watch you wear on your wrist, and a chest strap transmitter that you wear around your chest, since it is after all a chest strap. This strap goes next to your skin (sometimes you have to wet it a little with saliva or water to activate it) and it reads your heart rate and transmits the beats per minute to the watch.
Heart rate monitors can be expensive, depending on how many bells and whistles you get, but these strappy heart rate monitors will give you a constant readout of your heart rate, whether you're moving or not.
Fit Tip: Finding "Moderate Intensity" For You
The new exercise guidelines recommend getting cardio exercise at moderate intensity. The question is what is moderate intensity for you - how do you find it and measure it? Well, Dr.
You Asked: Fat Burning Zone vs. Endurance
Dear FitSugar,
I have a question, I am trying to get toned and lose a little weight, but I
have heard a couple of things. I have heard not to run too fast so you
stay in your fat burning zone heart rate, but I have also heard it doesn't
matter if your heart goes into the endurance zone because you are still
burning calories and fat. Which is true?
Summer Workout Tip: Hotter is Harder
In the dead of winter, a summery workout can seem amazing. Now that it's summer, we're always looking for ways to keep cool while still being able to workout.
One thing to keep in mind is that the hotter it is, the harder your body has to work when exercising.
Sauna as Post Workout Treat: Keep the Summer Heat in Mind
Recently I posted about ways to reward yourself for a workout well done, and one of those (and my favorite) is taking a sauna. I don't need to tell you about how great it feels. What I do need to tell you is you to hold off on jumping into the sauna, hot tub or steam room immediately after finishing your workout.
Do You Warm-Up? If Not, You Should
Do you warm-up before starting to workout? If not, you're definitely not alone, but you should still consider adding a warm-up to your workout.
Most of us skip the warm-up because: We don't know how important it is, we don't have the time for the extra five minutes at the gym and we just want to get working out over with and done.
Get in Gear: Timex Ironman Triatholon Bodylink
If you don't have an iPod Nano, than you obviously don't have the Nike+ iPod that monitors your speed, distance, and calories burned while walking or running. If you did, you would have spent about $190-$230 depending on what size Nano you bought.
If you still want to know all those stats, and others like your heart rate and target heart rate, you should check out this device by Timex.
Get it Up - Your Heart Rate, That is: Swimming
Winter, in many places, forces us to move our workouts indoors and swimming is the perfect way to stay inside and get your heart rate up.
Here's a workout I did recently. Try it you'll like it.
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