about heart rate?
04-14-13, 02:48 AM
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about heart rate?
my mate just pass away at age 44, cause when his cycling this morning in middle of training heart rate 228 suddenly he's collapse heart stop working. is it this true that heart rate to make the cause of it? is heart rate making so important?
i hear there is safety line with different age with different heart rate can some one point out where can i get that info?
i hear there is safety line with different age with different heart rate can some one point out where can i get that info?
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Sorry for your loss. That is a very young age for someone to die from heart related problems.
228 is a very rapid heart rate, not one that somebody would normally encounter even with very strenuous training. I'm not a doctor, and even if I was, there is no way to diagnose something like this over the internet from limited information but there was more going on here than just the training. Did his training contribute to the onset of the tachycardia? No way to know from the amount of information available.
If you are concerned for your own safety when cycling, speak to your doctor, preferably a doctor with a sports training background. If you haven't had a physical in a while, you might want to get one for your own peace of mind.
228 is a very rapid heart rate, not one that somebody would normally encounter even with very strenuous training. I'm not a doctor, and even if I was, there is no way to diagnose something like this over the internet from limited information but there was more going on here than just the training. Did his training contribute to the onset of the tachycardia? No way to know from the amount of information available.
If you are concerned for your own safety when cycling, speak to your doctor, preferably a doctor with a sports training background. If you haven't had a physical in a while, you might want to get one for your own peace of mind.
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Originally Posted by gilaasepeda
my mate just pass away at age 44, cause when his cycling this morning in middle of training heart rate 228 suddenly he's collapse heart stop working. is it this true that heart rate to make the cause of it? is heart rate making so important?
i hear there is safety line with different age with different heart rate can some one point out where can i get that info?
i hear there is safety line with different age with different heart rate can some one point out where can i get that info?
04-14-13, 08:14 PM
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My cardiologist told me that one doesn't have to worry about a "safe" figure, unless one has heart disease. It's impossible to work a healthy heart to death. Which means that yes, you can kill yourself with exercise if you have heart disease. Our local bike club has had at least three heart disease deaths that I know of. But hey, they died doing what they loved.
Sorry for your loss. 228 is way high for a 44 year old. Probably had some form of atrial fibrillation (A-fib):
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heal...ics/topics/af/
That is something that's easy to monitor if one rides with a heart rate monitor. After just a few hard rides, one will have a pretty good idea of what's the normal highest heart rate that one can expect to see. If one then sees a HR that's say 30 beats higher than that, it's time to stop and let it go down, then see a doctor. Ideally, one could call an aid car during an A-fib attack and get an EKG while it's still going on. I have several riding buddies with A-fib who still ride, just not as hard. It does seem that a lifetime of intense aerobic exercise can bring that on in some people.
Sorry for your loss. 228 is way high for a 44 year old. Probably had some form of atrial fibrillation (A-fib):
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heal...ics/topics/af/
That is something that's easy to monitor if one rides with a heart rate monitor. After just a few hard rides, one will have a pretty good idea of what's the normal highest heart rate that one can expect to see. If one then sees a HR that's say 30 beats higher than that, it's time to stop and let it go down, then see a doctor. Ideally, one could call an aid car during an A-fib attack and get an EKG while it's still going on. I have several riding buddies with A-fib who still ride, just not as hard. It does seem that a lifetime of intense aerobic exercise can bring that on in some people.
