Garmin heart rate monitor
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t completely captured by the monitor, that for example every third or fourth beat is captured. A heart rate monitor is mechanical, so you need a certain pulse in order for the monitor to capture it, different from an EKG recorder that monitors the electrical activity, regardless of what pulse wave is produced.
You should see your doctor regarding this.
I'm a triathlete, female age 43. Currently at my peak and am fit, am not underweight (but lower end of normal BMI and BodyFat), eat a low carb/low sugar/low fat/lowGI diet but eat frequently and use electroyle/no carb fluids for sessions over 1 hr but when I analyse my HR (Garmin 310XT) across all 3 disciplines I find my HR is well above the tables. My resting HR is 48-50 but I seem to have a max of well over 230 if I am to believe my Garmin HRM ?!
Also, I had prolonged high heart rates, up to about 150, following exercise, for up to 4 hours, as displayed on my Garmin monitor and simultaneously confirmed using a blood pressure cuff. I went to the ER during once such prolonged high HR event, 2.5 years ago. The EP/Cardiologist there diagnosed 2nd degree Mobitz 2 heart block and recommended a pacemaker and implanted one a few weeks later. He didn't diagnose SVT. It was one year later that another EP finally diagnosed SVT/AVNRT.
I like to run and cycle for exercise and shoot for about 125 miles a month. I have a Garmin Forerunner 305 with a heart rate monitor. In the last 3 or 4 months I have noticed that my heart rate will sometimes soar to 250bpm with a sustained hr of over 220 for several minutes. I placed my fingers on my neck and can really feel my pulse racing. My doctor gave me an EKG, which was normal and said dont worry about the high heart rate. Should I push to see a cardiologist?
Your pulse can instantly go up and down based on what you are doing or even thinking (anxiety). Check it out when you first wake up and see how it is doing.
While only your doctor can really tell you what is going on. I doubt that you have much to worry about. I use a heart rate monitor when I jog and I am typically in the low 90's when walking and go up to 150 or 160 when jogging.
If you have PACs, they will not distort information, and if anything, having the PACs while wearing the monitor will provide valuable data to your doctor in terms of how your heart is functioning. An extremely rapid heart rate very early in exercise may be something your doctor wants to investigate. Have you had a stress test? Echocardiogram? If you have no other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, pain or dizziness, you are likely fine to continue working out.
t know. But, perhaps, if you wear a heart rate monitor (Polar or Garmin) during your walking, it will help you determine whether or not you are experiencing sudden changes in heart rate when you feel those beats "in your head". Also, you could buy a small, wrist-type blood pressure cuff and carry it with you when you walk.
When I first got a heart rate monitor a few years ago, I noticed that my heart rate in the first mile of my runs was in the 200 range and then would fall to 130 after that and stay there. I thought it was due to EMFs or something of that sort. Now I have a Garmin 305 that produces a graph of my workouts on my laptop when I download my workouts. I consistently have high heart rate in the first mile or so, and then it drops to normal levels and never returns to the elevated levels.
In the last month I have had 4 episodes and I was able to put on my Garmin GPS heart rate monitor during two of the episodes, my heart rate peaked at 239 on both occassions. Vagal maneuvers have no affect though I've found that laying down will help to stop the episode pretty quickly (usually within 2 minutes). During these more recent episodes they have last 10-20 minutes.
5 miles and then ½ mile at 7 mph that was followed with the cool down at 5 mph. Per the heart rate monitor that I was wearing my average was 148 and my maximum heart rate was 205. It has never gone this high before always in the high 160s at best. I stayed within my target zone for 17 minutes out of the 53:50 minutes for the total 5.5 miles. Should I layoff running or see a doctor? Plus according to my bathroom scale I lost three pounds through sweat when I re-weight myself after the run.
I am not totally sure but I would think your heart rate could get that high if your heart is under stress. Mine can jump to the 160s doing simple things when I am having a lot of pvcs thus causing my heart confusion. The best way to distinguish the type of rhythm it is would be if the rate starts and stops sudden then it is likely an svt of a structural nature if however, it ramps up and down with a change in activity level then it is more sinus related.
I wear a Garmin chest strap heart monitor at all times when exercising. I was putting out a moderate effort with an average heart rate of about 135BPM which is well below my typical hard effort training.
About 40 miles in we roll to a rest stop, I hop off the bike and a few seconds later while I am standing there my heart rate begins to steadily increase (I feel it in my chest).
I am a 26 year old male who has been having a high heart rate during exercise since I was in high school. I had an EKG and stress test completed around the age of 16 and the doctors could not find anything wrong with me. While at rest, my heart rate is around 60-70 bpm but during exercise, I average above 200 bpm. On a normal 2 mile run, my heart rate averages out around 206 and reaches a max of 212 as per my Garmin Forerunner. I am trying to find out what could be causing this.
When I first started going to this new Cardiologist and described my symptoms, he instructed me to come in asap for an EKG, when I observed the prolonged, high heart rate on my own heart rate monitor. I did so and it was then that this EP Cardiologist captured the SVT on EKG and he recommended an ablation procedure.
Just make certain, if you go to the ER, that they will call in a Cardiologist that is a EP specialist. Good luck to you.
But the cardiologist can check for that and other things, like SVT (supraventricular tachycardia (rapid heart rate triggered by an abnormality) You shouldn't stop exercising altogether until you see him I don't think, but it sounds like you should keep it to a walk (no running) on the treadmill and make sure your heart rate isn't still racing, in spite of not running, as you walk.
I have an issue during exercise though - sometimes when I am exerting fairly well (steep uphill fast walk or more flat jog/run) and my pulse is at least 155, I feel a sharp pinch or shock in the center of my chest and my wireless heart rate monitor suddenly reads zero (no signal), after which I stop running and try to relax, and the monitor begins working again when my pulse is down around the 110 - 115 range.
Got a heart rate monitor - garmin and do control my speed better. So point of all this is that it may be nothing or it could be something. Thats why we have doctors to help us.
The only thing I do worry about is your statement about, " When I don't take it for a day, i'm so tired that I can barely open my eyes, let alone function normally.
How are you measuring your heart rate? Are you doing it with a heart rate monitor? If so, I think your heart rate monitor is malfunctioning. If you are measuring it yourself, you would have to be feeling 5 heartbeats per second, which is impossible to feel. I truly don't think your heartrate is going up to 300 bpm. If it was going that fast, you would probably be unconscious.
what is your Resting Heart rate exactly? Calculate 220 - age - RHR = Hear rate reserve. HR reserve x 60% = low limit. Then do the calculation again with 85% and that will be your high cardio limit.
I am 30 and I get my heart rate up to 170-175 bpm and because I am very fit it is not a big strain for me, I can maintain it for 1 hr.
Maybe there are conserns but maybe not so do the calculations and figure out where you are at.
5 mph gradually until the heart rate monitor read 118. Then it suddenly started falling. I lowered the mph back to 1.8. My heart rate wnt down to 68, then started to climb back up. I increased the mph up again until my rate was 134 and finished the 15 minutes and quick. This did not seem normal. Was it really my heart rate, or the monitor?
The readings that you have noted seem like false readings because while using the treadmill, it is normal to find the heart rate increasing. If it happens again at rest then bradycardia (slow heart rate) needs to be ruled out for which you should get a holter monitor done.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor.
I have exercised my whole life, did 2 half marathons and one full, one sprint tri, play tennis, etc.
Since July (when I started running again) my heart rate starts out manageable, then after 5-10 minutes my heart rate continues to climb sometimes reaching 190 if I don't slow down (which I have to because I'm so breathless). I am jogging a 12 min. mile now and try to slow to control my HR but can't . I have a garmin 305 that charts it all out. Some days are better than others.
When I exercise my heart rate goes waaaaaay up. Just while walking 1.5 mile (in 30min) my heart rate went all the way up to 182bpm. The average herat rate was 143bpm. When I'm doing something a little bit more extreme it can go up to 200 and the average is around 160bpm.
Should I be worried about this or is it just because I'm a little out of shape? My resting heart rate has always been around 90bpm even if I've been in a realy good shape.
I would suggest that you have your doctor consider an event monitor or holter monitor that will record your son's heart rate for a longer period of time. He may be experiencing SVT, which can be triggered by fluxuations in blood sugar levels. However, this rhythm can go unnoticed if the patient is not having palps at the time of the EKG.
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