http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Your desk heart rate... en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:28:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53967 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:43:55 +0000 TwoWheels 53967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hahaha! I coulda been a YouTube star! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53945 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:15:30 +0000 wingpig 53945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lucky you weren't on a treadmill. Hopefully automatic shut-downs on those are done with sufficient warning to stop people running into the control bar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53944 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:11:48 +0000 TwoWheels 53944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm very proud of my heart, as it's a very good one. My parents must have paid extra for it.</p> <p>When I'm working out regularly, my resting heart rate is 48-50. I took it just now, after three cups of coffee and reading about some new idiocy my country's government is involved in, and it's 60. </p> <p>But what's really cool about my heart is my MHR. I found out, quite by accident, that my MHR is around 190, and I'm in my mid-50s. </p> <p>I say discovered by accident, because I discovered at the same time that hotel exercise equipment has automatic shutdown capabilities. I was at a conference, and on a stationary bicycle with the whole heart rate monitor/METS thingy. I punch in my age and weight, and get started. </p> <p>Midway through the workout, I start doing a sprint, and then all hell broke loose! My heart rate increased to what the computer interpreted as the DANGER ZONE for my age. It started flashing ALL CAPS WARNING MESSAGES!!!STOP!!! at me, which I duly ignored and pressed on. My HR went up a few more beats and the whole damn thing just shut down, which I thought was kind of a crap move, because I didn't really understand why.</p> <p>I ended up getting a heart rate monitor, just for giggles, and found out that I have the MHR of a 30-year old. It's dropped a few points since, but it's still insanely high.</p> <p>Kinda cool, but doesn't really get me beers in the bar.</p> <p>BP holds tight at around 110/70.</p> <p>It's not the heart that will get me, it will probably be a cancer.</p> <p>Or, more likely, some schmuck doing the New York Times crossword while spewing his SUV down the road... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53882 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:12:23 +0000 steveo 53882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>57 when I woke up. I is athlete, init! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53876 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:14:04 +0000 amir 53876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Always stressful waking up!</p> <p>Having a pulse is good though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53874 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:08:44 +0000 Arellcat 53874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Waking-up-from-sleep-and-grasping-stopwatch heart rate today was 49 bpm. I kinda thought it would be lower than that, though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53854 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:08:44 +0000 Instography 53854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@amir<br /> I'm no medic but that sounds OK. 120/80 to 140/90 is normal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53851 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:27:50 +0000 Smudge 53851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BPM: 72*,(I blame being small!)</p> <p>*subject to how much caffeine ingested </p> <p>Blodd pressure: yes thanks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53812 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:11:16 +0000 Claggy Cog 53812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My desk doesn't have a heart rate... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53811 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:09:47 +0000 Stepdoh 53811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brrrrrainzzzzzz. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=3#post-53807 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:20:10 +0000 amir 53807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>48</p> <p>But bp is 131 over 87 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53805 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:56:22 +0000 Darkerside 53805@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or maybe not... I can't find a guarantee that use of the software will not turn the user into a mindless zombie. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53796 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:07:29 +0000 steveo 53796@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah that must include a patch to stop MS sucking your life force out through the camera lens. ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53787 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:46:03 +0000 Stepdoh 53787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actually, :P</p> <p><a href="http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/search?q=easy+heart+rate" rel="nofollow">http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/search?q=easy+heart+rate</a></p> <p>and 69 (dude!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53784 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:39:47 +0000 Stepdoh 53784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ORLY... well, well, well, actually I got nuttin. That is quite clever. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53782 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:39:00 +0000 DaveC 53782@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@instgraphy. Don't try inducing a coma, the Gov't might consider you avaliable for work.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/2496/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/2496/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53781 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:38:55 +0000 ruggtomcat 53781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>in fact very good idea to measure in the morning as im 70 now and thats not even doing anything </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53778 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:34:23 +0000 Instography 53778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The iphone app works with your finger resting against the camera lens. The flash unit is lit and shines into your finger. The camera detects the changes in colour as the amount of blood in the capillaries changes.</p> <p>Apparently it's the same method used by those big clothes peg things that are put on a patient's finger in hospital. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53776 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:32:16 +0000 steveo 53776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>How the heck to the apps work, is it just a stopwatch and you count or is it something snazzier. </em></p> <p>They use the inbuilt awesomeness that is android, a little rubs off on iPhone. They won't work on WiFone due to the will sapping nature of windows ;).</p> <p>They apparently detect the colour change in your finger as the blood is pushed through. Pretty clever. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53775 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:32:07 +0000 ruggtomcat 53775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Its a sensor in the camera.</p> <p>As for waiting till morning to get a better result, its a good idea, I was 58 this mornin. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53774 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:31:40 +0000 Instography 53774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm going to try to induce a coma tonight to get it under 10. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53772 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:29:37 +0000 Stepdoh 53772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How the heck to the apps work, is it just a stopwatch and you count or is it something snazzier. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53771 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:16:09 +0000 Dave 53771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dead on 60 this time. </p> <p>I might cheat and take it after waking up rather than a cycle in and a lunchtime run... just to get it under 60!</p> <p>Of course, I'm guessing that running four hours ago will not still be having an appreciable effect... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53770 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:12:42 +0000 SRD 53770@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>mmmm...lady grey my afternoon drink of choice too :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53769 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:11:31 +0000 kaputnik 53769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used an Android app and got 51. But it did go up as high as 56 as it stabilised.</p> <p>1 coffee (2 shots of espresso in it) about 930AM and a lady grey about 2PM. No sweeties this afternoon... ...yet </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53768 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:00:54 +0000 steveo 53768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>65 again. Although these aren't really the best way to measure resting heart rates, so your true resting heart is probably below normal. Make you feel better? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53767 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:59:25 +0000 Instography 53767@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just scored a 45bpm sitting at my desk with the iphone app and the Garmin doofer agrees. I need to get a more stressful job. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53766 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:48 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 53766@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just done another and come out at 70. Hmmmm as well. Okay, so I know that safely in the middle of 'normal' (according to ym app) but I'd expected/hoped for less. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53764 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:46:49 +0000 Stepdoh 53764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Post coffee on a 30 sec reading I'm at 74. Hmm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5053&page=2#post-53737 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:27:49 +0000 Arellcat 53737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lunch officially was an hour ago, haven't quite got into my new cup of tea, and 62 bpm just now. OMG, I feel <em>so</em> unfit!</p> <p>Must remember to check it first thing tomorrow morning. </p>