Say you get your HR up to 85-90% max (175bpm) for about 10 minutes. How long should it take for your HR to drop to ~120 to indicate a good level of fitness?
Say you get your HR up to 85-90% max (175bpm) for about 10 minutes. How long should it take for your HR to drop to ~120 to indicate a good level of fitness?
i would say that a minute, maybe a little more, would indicate someone in good shape.
The numbers you post fall within a general guideline for someone doing intervals, and generally the rest portion of most intervals tends to be around 1:45 to 2 minutes, and you'd like to see about that much of a drop before starting the next one. This is in general terms, of course.
It takes me 40-45 sec
About two minutes if you’re healthy (eat well, don’t smoke, healthy weight, occasional -perhaps weekly- game of tennis) but not really doing consistant cardio.
About a minute or just under for those who do some type of structured training and have been doing for a few years.
Im guessing world class athletes would see 120bpm recoveries from near max at closer to 30 seconds?
So personal trainers will tell you that there is actually a stat that is similar to what you are asking. After an all out effort, wait 1 minute and take the HR drop. The scale is similar to that:
0-10bpm is chronic fatigue/disease
10-20 is subpar
20-30 is correct
30-40 is good value
40-50 is better
And above that it is excellent.
For example for Kilian Jornet, he goes from 200 to 70bpm which shows incredible recovery abilities.
Not the most precise post but it is just out of the top of my head.
For me I would say a bit less than a minute.
Why this arbitrary 120 bpm?
It depends wholly on what bpm you were at before stopping, and also on your max heart rate.
Usually a 2 minute recovery heart rate of 60+ beats is considered very healthy.
But im sure a lot of peope on letsrun could easily get that score. Myself included. Just tested this. My heart rate falls by 72 beats in two minutes (181 down to 109).
i just checked my most recent intervals workout and a drop of 60 bpm at the end of a repetition took on average approx. 1:33 (1 minute and 33 seconds).
There is no set answer.
It depends on a few factors:
1) Body temperature. Higher body temperatures cause slower HR drops.
2) Hormone levels. High levels of adrenaline/epinephrine cause slower HR drops.
3) Aerobic fitness. More fit people take less time. Here is a picture of the WR holder for 10000m's HR graph during a hard workout. Also note its at 2300m altitude:
4) Altitude. Lower oxygen saturation can cause the body to take longer to reach aerobic equlibrium.
5) Max HR and resting HR. Different people have different numbers for these numbers, so 120 BPM is not the same absolute number for different people.
Just checked. Maxed out at 170 bpm, recovered to 135 at the 1 minute mark and down to 115 at the two minute mark.
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