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Never measured my pulse when exercising before but this last week I bought myself an exercise bike for the garage for days when the weather is bad. The bike measures all the usual things like time, distance, speed, calories burned and pulse rate, my pulse on a hard work-out reaches 120 - is this the norm:confused:
 
The easiest thing to use is this simple formula. (there are more complicated ones)
220 - your age = estimated maximum heart(pulse) rate. (226 - age if you're a woman)
So if you are 40 and male (don't know!) then your max heart would be 180.
If you exercise between 60 and 70% you are in the zone when you should be able to exercise for a while.
For the hypothetical 40 year old male, this would be from 108-126
Above that it becomes harder and increasingly anaerobic.

Useful chart on runsweet shows what might happen to blood glucose levels at different heart rate zones.
http://www.runsweet.com/HeartRate.html
 
It depends...my EB has a pulse rate display but it's far from reliable if it's one of those that measures it through the handle grips. Your maximum pulse rate is usually roughly 220 minus your age. From this you can calculate your effrt and your fitness levels. For example, if you are 40 then your max is 180 bpm (beats pre minute). If your resting pulse is 90 bpm then this means you can exercise twice as hard as when you are at rest before you reach the maximum. If your resting pulse rate is 45 however, then you are much fitter since it means you can exercise 4 times as hard before reaching your maximum. This also means that, with a resting pulse of 45 you will be very comfortably within range at 135 bpm 🙂

As your heart is a muscle, it increases in size and strength like any other, and a bigger, stronger heart needs less beats to get the blood and oxegen around your body, so the ftter you become, the lower your heart rate 🙂

You can work out your resting pulse from your wrist by counting the number of beats in 15 seconds and multiplying by 4 🙂
 
toby said:
Never measured my pulse when exercising before but this last week I bought myself an exercise bike for the garage for days when the weather is bad. The bike measures all the usual things like time, distance, speed, calories burned and pulse rate, my pulse on a hard work-out reaches 120 - is this the norm:confused:
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Hi Toby,

I can't answer your question I'm afraid but I've turned my garage into a mini gym with cross trainer; rowing machine; a gym ball; and hand weights for the same reason...(however, haven't blown up the gym ball yet🙄. can I ask what you consider a hard work-out? I tend to do 30mins on the cross-trainer and at has the rowing machine is new about 30 strokes...I'm building it up....steadily....

I've managed to reach my ideal weight and BMI but need to tone up; I don't want to lose anymore weight but want to maintain where I am; 9stone 13 for a height of 5.4.

What other exercise do you do.....🙂
 
HelenM said:
The easiest thing to use is this simple formula. (there are more complicated ones)
220 - your age = estimated maximum heart(pulse) rate. (226 - age if you're a woman)
So if you are 40 and male (don't know!) then your max heart would be 180.
If you exercise between 60 and 70% you are in the zone when you should be able to exercise for a while.
For the hypothetical 40 year old male, this would be from 108-126
Above that it becomes harder and increasingly anaerobic.

Useful chart on runsweet shows what might happen to blood glucose levels at different heart rate zones.
http://www.runsweet.com/HeartRate.html
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Thanks Helen, never knew that was how you worked out your maximum heart rate and the runsweet link is useful🙂

Northerner said:
It depends...my EB has a pulse rate display but it's far from reliable if it's one of those that measures it through the handle grips. Your maximum pulse rate is usually roughly 220 minus your age. From this you can calculate your effrt and your fitness levels. For example, if you are 40 then your max is 180 bpm (beats pre minute). If your resting pulse is 90 bpm then this means you can exercise twice as hard as when you are at rest before you reach the maximum. If your resting pulse rate is 45 however, then you are much fitter since it means you can exercise 4 times as hard before reaching your maximum. This also means that, with a resting pulse of 45 you will be very comfortably within range at 135 bpm 🙂

As your heart is a muscle, it increases in size and strength like any other, and a bigger, stronger heart needs less beats to get the blood and oxegen around your body, so the ftter you become, the lower your heart rate 🙂

You can work out your resting pulse from your wrist by counting the number of beats in 15 seconds and multiplying by 4 🙂
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Makes perfect sense Northerner about resting pulse being lower the fitter you get, the pulse rate counter is a handlebar version so probably isn't very accurate.
 
Newtothis said:
Hi Toby,

I can't answer your question I'm afraid but I've turned my garage into a mini gym with cross trainer; rowing machine; a gym ball; and hand weights for the same reason...(however, haven't blown up the gym ball yet🙄. can I ask what you consider a hard work-out? I tend to do 30mins on the cross-trainer and at has the rowing machine is new about 30 strokes...I'm building it up....steadily....

I've managed to reach my ideal weight and BMI but need to tone up; I don't want to lose anymore weight but want to maintain where I am; 9stone 13 for a height of 5.4.

What other exercise do you do.....🙂
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Well I've been doing 12 miles on the road with my bike most afternoons since losing my job, only just got the exercise bike and just breaking myself in gently doing 15 minute spells. Believe it or not I'm finding the exercise bike hard, I suppose there's no hills to coast down so your peddling all the time and I do have the tension on a medium setting.

Only other exercise I do is walking, anything from 4 to 8 miles a day walking the hound, other than that I lift a few weights and work-out on the punchbag as my garage is like a mini gym for my kids.

As you say it's better starting slow and working up😉
 
We have just bought a cross trainer dad is doing x2 30 min sessions each day and possibly one extra 15min don't even ask how long I last! I get dizzy and have to stop but am determined to improve although dr isn't keen on me going on it at all.

Really pleased dad has reported an improvement to his knee pain we are still trying to work out when it's the best time to do the exercise in reaction to the time he eats to the time he would make best use of th carbs. Dad is hoping to build up muscle as he can't afford to loose weight. Testing a bit more until we work out a proper routine. Stressful as I don't want to have his BG rise after exercise, hopefully we will work it out. Can't believe how good he is after so long on his crutches.
 
Wow, your Dad is doing very well - cross trainers are hard work (as you know!) 🙂 I usually exercise 90-120 minutes after eating as it's normally around this time that my BG is peaking from my meal, along with (in my case) my insulin. Good to hear that it is helping with his knee too 🙂
 
Thank you Alan I think dad needs to work this bit out as we have just tested his blood after exercise and it's higher than it would normally be :( 7.7 he is normally in the 5-6's plus he is hungry now!

Will test again in a wee while to see if he needs to do more exercise. He really worked hard and we can't believe this reading. Hope it goes down will have to work out at which point his BG is highest. Don't want to make his BG worse I wasn't sure if he should workout ASAP or wait so now I think it's best to wait for longer
 
pippin said:
Thank you Alan I think dad needs to work this bit out as we have just tested his blood after exercise and it's higher than it would normally be :( 7.7 he is normally in the 5-6's plus he is hungry now!

Will test again in a wee while to see if he needs to do more exercise. He really worked hard and we can't believe this reading. Hope it goes down will have to work out at which point his BG is highest. Don't want to make his BG worse I wasn't sure if he should workout ASAP or wait so now I think it's best to wait for longer
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My levels can often rise a little after exercise, but later in the day my levels are much better than normal as my sensitivity to insulin improves from the exercise. Some people get this sensitivity whilst they are exercising, making their levels fall - not me! Perhaps your Dad is similar. 7.7 should not be anything to worry about, and he may feel the benefits of the exercise later on. Sometimes adrenalin and cortisol cause the liver to release extra glucose during exercise, so this is a possible cause for the rise.
 
I would imagine that a T2 that experiences rises during exercises would find their BG drops shortly after and then gets the benefits from the post-exercise drop in resistance.

Maybe.🙄

Rob
 
Thank you yet again, calming my nerves! Dad's fell this afternoon but did this tonight. Going to test aqain to see if they re going the right way adrenalin was pumping he said the 30mins flew by tonight (listening to an audiobook on my old iPhone) at least we know he couldn't do any more as he is eating correctly and exercising just need to get the numbers at a better level.

Appreciate all this help
 
Dad did an extra session last night and managed to bring his BG down a bit mor to 5.7

Marked improvement tonight before dinner: 4.9 - at 1hr: 6 .8 after 30 mins cross trainer: 4.9
Delayed exercise instead off straight after dinner plus exercised in the afternoon as normal.

Will be testing the meal he had last night again
 
Sounds really good.🙂

The effect is cumulative so each day should improve his BGs. He'll be joining Northerner for a 10 mile outing by christmas (as long as he promises not to sprint) 😱:D

Rob
 
I'm so impressed with your Dad, and the way you help and support him so much 🙂
 
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