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  • Dec 9, 2007, 06:34 PM
    mwilliams15
    Post Exercise heart rate?
    Does anyone know the healthy range of an immediate post exercise heart rate?
  • Dec 9, 2007, 06:40 PM
    J_9
    For an adult I am assuming? How long after the exercise? A few minutes? A half hour?

    Heart rate during exercise should be about 80 BPM, so for every few minutes after you should be decreasing. The average BPM should be around 60 depending on many factors such as weight, height, age, etc.
  • Dec 9, 2007, 07:22 PM
    mwilliams15
    Immediate post exercise heart rate.. so I'm assuming right when you stop. The question is in regards to my age.. 19. Found my maximal heart rate (during exercise) to be 201.. (220-age). Pre-exercise heart rate- between 60-62. I think the immediate post exercise heart rate is supposed to be the highest it gets during exercise?
  • Dec 9, 2007, 07:30 PM
    J_9
    Your maximum heart rate was 201? Holy cow that is what is called tachycardia and can be very dangerous!!

    An infant, whose normal heart rate is almost double ours at rest, is 110 - 160.

    Are you talking 201 beats per minute?
  • Dec 9, 2007, 08:37 PM
    mwilliams15
    In my exercise physiology class it says to get your max heart rate during exercise by subtracting your age from 220.. Target Heart Rates
    200 would be 100% max heart rate..

    Age target HR(50-85%) Avg max heart rate 100%
    20 years 100–170 beats per minute 200 beats per minute
    25 years 98–166 beats per minute 195 beats per minute
    30 years 95–162 beats per minute 190 beats per minute
    35 years 93–157 beats per minute 185 beats per minute
    40 years 90–153 beats per minute 180 beats per minute
    45 years 88–149 beats per minute 175 beats per minute
    50 years 85–145 beats per minute 170 beats per minute
    55 years 83–140 beats per minute 165 beats per minute
    60 years 80–136 beats per minute 160 beats per minute
    65 years 78–132 beats per minute 155 beats per minute
    70 years 75–128 beats per minute 150 beats per minute

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