Re: resting heart rate & exercise

From: Brad Sheppard (Brad_at_sheppardsoftware.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: 23 Sep 2004 13:01:36 -0700

You need to know your resting heart rate. A resting hr over 80 isn't
good. Sitting at your computer can elevate it.

antsypants5555@yahoo.com (erin) wrote in message news:<7c82f302.0409221458.524764cc@posting.google.com>...
> I'm female, 42 reasonably fit and my resting (just sitting at the
> computer) heart rate seems to run about 80-90bpm. Is this normal??
> Also, when I exercise my heart rate stays elevated (in the 90's)
> around 1/2 to a hour afterwards. Is this normal as well or am I
> freaking out?

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