Excercise thoughts

[baly_2023]

Hi,

It's been 5 months since HA.

My excericse routine is

2 x 1 hour 20 mins of free weights and cable machines.

max heart rate 110 to 115bpm bpm

2 x 1 hour sessions of 30 minutes on rowing ( heart rate 120 to 130 bpm)machine ( pace 2.4) and 30 minutes inclined treadmill walk at 6 kph ( max heart rate 110 to 115 bpm)

2 x 1 hour outside walks on hilly roads.

max heart rate 120bpm on hilly horrible bits

Am I doing enough to keep my heart strong and being proactive in preventing future issues or is it too little?

thought's?

thanks baly

[Lowerfield_no_more]

My view is that there is 'no one size fits all' for exercise requirements with or without heart issues and exercise regimes are entirely personal. Nonetheless if you do have heart issues it is advisable to stay within the guidelines issued by your cardiologist. As far as gym work is concerned if you are well within your limits and want to push on a bit why not try it and see how you feel, you can always step back if you find you are doing too much. Many on here because of age or physical limitations could not do what you are achieving, but comfort themselves, as I do, in noting that there is a school of thought which says that a brisk walk every day does you just as much good as spending an hour or two in the gym (see below). But if that's what you enjoy doing, stay with it.

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tr5v

[baly_2023 in reply to Lowerfield_no_more]

Lowerfield_no_more Happyrosie yeh I've checked with cardio pt people and they are happy with the heart rates, I get a good sweat out of them, i do feel a bit knackered at times or very occasionally looks like my face has gone pale ( more to do with the meds I think).

Walking is beautiful, I suppose weekends get mega busy with shopping, family things, so get to do less now then when I was recovering and at home.

I suppose I would prefer to say I'm doing everything I can now to be good ,rather then not doing enough.

Odd question but thank you both for the replies and the link and i hope you are well

[Happyrosie]

if you enjoy doing this then that’s fine - but I’d certainly check with your cardiac team about your heart rate.

[Stentsandrun]

Well firstly well done for doing what you are at the moment! It's a bit tricky to answer really, particularly with not knowing if your heart was damaged and what condition it is now. I would say personally you are maybe worrying too much about keeping you HR low, but then again if you are on 2.5mg of Bisoprolol you might struggle getting it higher. There was an interesting post on the other day that questioned the widespread use of Beta Blockers, in my experience if you are serious about getting yourself as fit as possible they may be more of a hinderance than a help. I don't really worry about mine, as we get older I think it gets increasingly more difficult to get it up to what might be called dangerous levels anyway, I certainly struggle to exceed 160 BPM which I do up to regularly with no problems, but I have no heart damage.