Heart Rate

[ThinkOutsideTheBox]

Hey,

A quick question for any health pro's out there. My resting heart rate is consistantly very high (90-100 BPM). What could potentially cause this? I have a doctors appointment set up, but thought maybe there was something I could do in the interim to address it.

Thanks

[sleepyguy]

Wow, that is extremely high. Probably best not to do anything too strenuous and await the doctors advice. Maybe for the time being eat healthier and go for daily walks if your aren't too mobile during the day. Out of curiosity I just did mine and it was 63bpm which i think is the norm. -sg

Hey,

A quick question for any health pro's out there. My resting heart rate is consistantly very high (90-100 BPM). What could potentially cause this? I have a doctors appointment set up, but thought maybe there was something I could do in the interim to address it.

Thanks

[gstrgreg]

Hey,

A quick question for any health pro's out there. My resting heart rate is consistantly very high (90-100 BPM). What could potentially cause this? I have a doctors appointment set up, but thought maybe there was something I could do in the interim to address it.

Thanks

That HR is really high... almost as if you were working out or doing physical activities etc. I think my resting is 64 bpm.
Just take it easy until the appointment...

[ThinkOutsideTheBox]

Thanks for the concern guys! Haha, its a good thing I posted this, I was planning on trying to address it myself by upping my daily exercise regime. I was going to try jogging, but I guess I'll stick to just basic walks and slow cardio.

[UrbanPoet]

Probably due to poor diet, and inactivity...

wait... Are you a woman or a man? How old are you?
Women have higher resting heart rate... around 70-80 for healthy individuals.
Men are 60-70 for healthy individuals.

Its less for physically fit people. and more for older people.

[polak4life]

Also make sure when you are taking your readings, you are stress free and not worried about your results. I remember last year i had a resting score of over 100 when the doctor took my test just because i was worried of the readings.

Next time i took it at home it was about 60-70

[new_vr]

Talk to your doctor and see what they say. My guess is as you start to exercise and eat better your heart rate will slow...but I don't know for sure.
When I used to run everyday, my resting heart rate was in the 40's. Now that I am less active, it's in its 50's.

[Nikita]

Are you going through anything particularly stressful right now? If so that could account for a higher than normal heart rate as well as a higher than usual blood pressure. Have you checked your blood pressure lately?

People so often don't realize what stress can do to a body, or how it can affect not only HR and BP but can cause and aggravate other health problems (in fact it aggravates most other health problems. Long term stress will inevitably manifest itself in some detrimental health issue. So if you are under stress, or you traditionally don't handle stress well, be sure to mention that to your doctor (he'll probably ask you anyway).

[belowzeros]

I actuallly had the same very similar problem.

Mine were caused from inactivity, bad diet, weight, caffeine and the most stressful 2 year period in my life. I was probably close to a heart attack and didn't even know it. But I had a very fast irregular heart beat while sitting in the doctor office one day asking for sleep aids and blammo I made some serious life changes.

Fast forward 6 months and with a completely changed diet, daily exercise and having dropped 65 pounds my resting is now about 60ish.


If you are a caffeine addict try dropping that from your diet right away until you get healthy. Even at that point having 1 cup max of coffee or a caffeinated drink per day is a good idea. I treat caffeinated drinks as a treat item now and have them at most 1-2 times a week. It was a big part of my problem, I was drinking around 2L of diet coke a day...it wasn't good :)

[phucyall]

I am in pretty good shape, work out, don't drink coffee often and have a reasonable diet and my resting heart rate is 80bpm.

When I much younger I was diagnosed with some sort of tachycardia. I took some drugs and it got a little better, but it hasn't really improved much since.

Point being, get it checked out by professionals and don't automatically assume it's diet or life style.

[audit13]

Your heart rate seems very high.

About 3 years ago, I went to my doctor for a physical which included an ecg. Based on the results of the ecg, my doctor sent me for a treadmill stress test and ultrasound because the cardiologist thought my heart rate was way too low. He said it was about 43 bpm. I run about 40 km per week, resistance training 2 to 3 times per week.

My doctor said all of the tests came back normal and my heart is fine.

Moral of the story: a low heart rate could also be an indication of poor heart health.

[konfusion666]

Yes, your "state of mind" when you check your resting heartrate has a huge influence...

I had my GoodLife "fitness assessment" on the same day as one of my university exams, in the afternoon. That particular exam was one I was totally UN-ready for so I basically got 2 hours of sleep, had more than 3 cups of coffee in a 8 hour span, was afraid I was going to totally flunk it, etc. And the exam itself was horrible, so I wasn't sure I passed or not. BAD time to have a fitness assessment! ;)

The personal trainer said my resting heartrate was 105 and my pressure was 136/79. He was about to deny me access to the gym that day for health reasons (!) but I told him I had a horrible exam that morning so he understood.
Suffice to say I gradually went back to normal the following days, especially after I found out I got an A in the course (ha!)