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redsquirrel80

Don't want to make Rich big headed due to his frightening accuracy but just done mine again after minimum activity for half an hour or so and it was exactly 80!

(Land_of)_Maz

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Don't want to make Rich big headed due to his frightening accuracy but just done mine again after minimum activity for half an hour or so and it was exactly 80!

:eek: freaky!!

beer_tins

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Don't want to make Rich big headed due to his frightening accuracy but just done mine again after minimum activity for half an hour or so and it was exactly 80!

Couldn't you have said 85 or something?

His ego will need it's own seat now

RichOneday_2

I've just found this which is a reasonable summary of what I was trying to say, more clumsily, earlier:

First, because endurance athletes have strong hearts, they generally have low heart rates. As an analogy, consider a bricklayer lifting bricks. If his arm muscles are strong from lifting lots of bricks, he can move 10 bricks with each lift rather than just two or three. Similarly, if your heart muscle is strong thanks to running, it has a higher stroke volume, which means that it can pump more blood with each beat than an untrained heart. It can also pump the same amount of blood in a minute using fewer beats. The average resting heart rate of endurance athletes is around 50-60 beats per minute. I've seen one report, though, of a healthy athlete whose resting pulse was only 25 beats per minute. Doctors who are familiar with athletes only get worried - and follow up accordingly - when a resting heart rate is lower than 30. But even this can be completely normal (and usually is) if the athlete is otherwise healthy. The slow heart rate indicates a strong heart, but this alone does not make you a better runner. There are too many other factors involved in running performance.
Are there any problems associated with your low heart rate? Perhaps one. It does make you more vulnerable to anything that reduces the blood flow back to the heart, such as coughing or choking on food. This occurs because the reduced blood flow causes the heart to slow down even more, to allow more time for blood to enter the heart.
And that can set off an involuntary nervous response that leads to fainting. Apart from this, provided that you have no other symptoms or complaints, your resting pulse should not concern you, or your doctor, unduly.

RichOneday_2

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Don't want to make Rich big headed due to his frightening accuracy but just done mine again after minimum activity for half an hour or so and it was exactly 80!

Thanks Red, I'll give you the fiver at the first meet!

Plus I'm far too modest to get carried away by my brilliance! :p

RichOneday_2

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

so do i really need to create a deficit in my calories to start losing weight......?


and does a low heart rate indicate a slow metabolism??


(Look everyone Maz and Richoneday having a serious running related conversation!! no back chat!! :wave:)

Concentrating on calories is always counter productive. Let your body lead you.

Think about it if you did miles and miles of swimming every week your body would change into the shape of a swimmer.

If you did miles and miles of cycling per week your body would change to the shape of a cyclist.

If you do hours and hours of sumo wrestling every week........

You don't have to consciously organise this - you do the activity and your body does the rest - as long as you listen to what it wants to eat. Look at Red today, its asking for less food which at first seems illogical, but its all part of a sensible plan by the body.

LilMissEmmylou

ok silly question time - just about to get changed, grab my ipod and head out to try this running lark and realised, surely i need to bring a drink - do people just hold a bottle of water in their hand when they run lol?! or what do i do with it!? the stress of a bottle of water! lol

RichOneday_2

LilMissEmmylou wrote: »

ok silly question time - just about to get changed, grab my ipod and head out to try this running lark and realised, surely i need to bring a drink - do people just hold a bottle of water in their hand when they run lol?! or what do i do with it!? the stress of a bottle of water! lol

Don't bother - wait until you get back.

You need drinks on 10 miles + but I'm hoping you're not going to be trying that today.

PS Just to reiterate - as slow as you can! (I know I'm a pain, but I don't want you getting injured and being put off!)

(Land_of)_Maz

LilMissEmmylou wrote: »

ok silly question time - just about to get changed, grab my ipod and head out to try this running lark and realised, surely i need to bring a drink - do people just hold a bottle of water in their hand when they run lol?! or what do i do with it!? the stress of a bottle of water! lol

if you think it will help then take one... Rich is a consummate professional so doesn't need one, but i always have one... i have an O shaped bottle or use a sports cap one... though i hardly ever drink much until i am finished, it makes me feel better to have it with me..........

it can sometimes help to take a drink, as the act seems to regulate my breathing somehow... and it's nice to be able to wet your whistle as your mouth can get dry when breathing hard.....

better to have it and not need it, than not have it and wish you did....

like anything it's horses for courses i'd say.... not disagreeing with magnus pyke over there (professor richoneday!) but you do what's right for you!

Idiophreak

RichOneday wrote: »

Don't bother - wait until you get back.

You need drinks on 10 miles + but I'm hoping you're not going to be trying that today.

PS Just to reiterate - as slow as you can! (I know I'm a pain, but I don't want you getting injured and being put off!)

Exactly what he said, really...You see a lot of people running with the O-shaped water bottles, where you grab them through the middle...but I think it's more to give their hands something to do than needing the drink. You can also get waist belts etc to shove a bottle in...Even when I do longer runs (10 miles+), though, I have a sip out of the camelback to wet my mouth now and then, but really don't *drink* that much...