How fit are you? What is your BPM?

the intensity of a workout is determined by the ratio of current BPM to max bpm. Your max bpm can be calculated by doing vigurous activity and monitoring the peak.

The bpm equation is just an estimate of what you max bpm is expected to be for an *average* person of the same age with the same resting bpm. The equation is usually very close, which is why many people don't bother with calculating their actual max bpm and just going by the average.

 

heart rate is also affected by your age and size i think. larger animals have lower resting bpm, while smaller animals have higher bpm. and i think when your growing your bpm is slightly higher then one who is fully developed.

 

i get exactly 50 but the poll is closed :crying:

 

i got 55 the first time and 64 the 2nd

 

Lol, at first before looking at the poll options, I thought the faster your heart rate, the more fit you are. So I tested and got around 59. Then I guess I was excited and my heart beated faster, so I kept saying in my mind, faster faster andgot 65. Then I looked at the poll answers and lol.

I guess i'm above average fit. Cheers to that.

 

I'm 57 , also how come the poll has been closed? :crying:

 

Theres was probably a time limit set by the thread starter

 

56 here! hehe....not bad at my age !

 

I get about 65. wich isn't bad....but I thoguht bpm was something like Body Per Mass index....

 

man i find it difficult for me to find out my bpm. whenever i try to count and look at the clock, i just automatically breathe a lot slower. so i guess mine is pretty inaccurate.

from a test, i got about 56bpm. im chinese, 5'7". average body frame. 18 yrs old

 

omg, my bpm is 90+:crying: and im the fourth best player in my team, am i really that unfit
btw, does bpm really shows how fit you are, cuz i know some1 that has the bmp going into teh 100+ when he is relaxed and he's the fastest sprinter in the school!!!

 

How old r u? Age affects heart rate.

My all time record is 49. Some of the guys I train with tho are in the 30s .
I need to get mine belofw 45 for nationals!! 400m here i come.

 

m 14 man, and i thought i was more of a fit person compaired to my classmates

 

is that accurate? bigger animals have slower heart rates can anyone explain?

 

wait until u stop growing. or if u really want to find you level of fitness do a beep test.

 

what do u mean by a beep test?

 

That is very odd as my resting heart rate is generally mid 50's to 60. I'm an overweight asmatic and not one that would call myself fit by any means.

I'm 29, 11 and a half stone (had gone up to 14 in the summer last year) and 5 foot 8, i'm sure my BMI would suggest i'm overweight too.

I can get my heart rate up to over 190 when playing singles too, didn't really feel as if i was pushing it too much either. I used to wear a heart rate monitor to see what was going on when i played.

As for the beep test, i think i can get to level 7 somewhere.

 

google the beep test. usually u run for 20m in intervols that get faster and faster as the level gets higher. These tests suck, make u tired for a couple hours after if u push ur hardest.

 

you may have a heart disorder. my friends dad is overweight and has a heart rate in the 20s. Apparently this is not healthy. Also some people just genetically have a lower heart rate.

 

Heart is fine, had it checked although i do have slightly high blood pressure at times and no reason for it, all tests came back negative.

Heart rate was monitored for 24 hours and was within the mentioned figures and only went up for a small time.

Outwith this i used a monitor just out of curiosity to see what was going on when playing.