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Anonymous
hay /fit/, I gots a health question for you.

I work out often enough, eat healthy, am an ok size, etc etc etc. My problem is that I have a ludicrously high resting heart rate--80-90 beats per minute depending on the day. This obviously prevents me from doing too much in terms of workout (I get chestpains really quickly as my heartrate zooms up so high most machines can't calculate it), which in turn makes it harder for me to do enough cardio to improve my heartrate.

My heartrate has been this high my entire life.

Is this a problem /fit/? what should I do? Any good cardio for people like this? Keep in mind whenever doctors take my pulse they don't seem to be worried.

Thanks!
>> Anonymous
you're actually a chihuahua
>> Anonymous
>>27688
what's a normal resting heartrate if I'm a chihuaua then?
>> Anonymous
SAD (See A Doctor)

Seriously.
>> Anonymous
yeah dude, you gonna have a heart attcack fool
>> Anonymous
Masturbate
>> Anonymous
maybe you should ask a doctor about it?
>> Anonymous
>>my heartrate zooms up so high most machines can't calculate it
Jesus. Don't die, fuck, man.
The point it zooms up, there's gotta be some work you can do APPROACHING that level that has a chance to improve you. Whatever your limit is, work just below for a while...

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>> Anonymous
your av node is supposed to act like a hard limit on ventricular rate since it can only conduct so fast (a normal node i think caps out at 200bpm), so if you're getting over that, you may want to see a cardiologist

a resting heart rate of 80-90 isn't bad--upper range of normal really ("sick" people can have resting heart rates well over 100bpm), though it is a bit odd if you're reasonably athletic. that's not really a cause of concern in and of itself, but chest pains during workout is, assuming you're not trying to sprint marathons or anything like that. tell your doctors that you have chest pain upon exertion, and they can give you a stress test where they basically have you run on a treadmill while monitoring your heart's electrical activity

high resting heart rate could also be an endocrine problem, but there would be other signs of that too