Interesting heart related observation on today's ride

I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers

On 8/19/2019 2:09 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers


What drugs do you recommend?

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On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 3:28:44 PM UTC-4, AMuzi wrote:
On 8/19/2019 2:09 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers


What drugs do you recommend?

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Ah Andrew. I asked a serious question there. LOL

Cheers

On 19/08/2019 3:09 p.m., Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers


What are you using to measure your heart rate? If it's a smart watch,
you need to pay attention to the angle of your wrist. I use a watch
like that generally but not specific to cycling. So I tend to leave it
on when riding.

To track my cycling heart rate I use a chest strap. I know that the
watch is not very accurate with my wrists bent in cycling position.

On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 3:53:32 PM UTC-4, duane wrote:
On 19/08/2019 3:09 p.m., Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers


What are you using to measure your heart rate? If it's a smart watch,
you need to pay attention to the angle of your wrist. I use a watch
like that generally but not specific to cycling. So I tend to leave it
on when riding.

To track my cycling heart rate I use a chest strap. I know that the
watch is not very accurate with my wrists bent in cycling position.

Chest band heart rate monitor with a watch receiver.

Cheers

On 19/08/2019 4:11 p.m., Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 3:53:32 PM UTC-4, duane wrote:
On 19/08/2019 3:09 p.m., Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers


What are you using to measure your heart rate? If it's a smart watch,
you need to pay attention to the angle of your wrist. I use a watch
like that generally but not specific to cycling. So I tend to leave it
on when riding.

To track my cycling heart rate I use a chest strap. I know that the
watch is not very accurate with my wrists bent in cycling position.

Chest band heart rate monitor with a watch receiver.

Cheers


Then I can't explain it. I've never had this happen to me.

On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 1:11:25 PM UTC-7, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 3:53:32 PM UTC-4, duane wrote:
On 19/08/2019 3:09 p.m., Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers


What are you using to measure your heart rate? If it's a smart watch,
you need to pay attention to the angle of your wrist. I use a watch
like that generally but not specific to cycling. So I tend to leave it
on when riding.

To track my cycling heart rate I use a chest strap. I know that the
watch is not very accurate with my wrists bent in cycling position.

Chest band heart rate monitor with a watch receiver.

Cheers

Well, that really is the gold standard.

So I would urge you to try to reproduce that and if so please speak to your doctor. From memory you release hormones during exercise that expand your arteries, lowering your pulse rate for any amount of work. If you have clogged or clogging arteries you could have a higher than normal resting heart rate.

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:53:29 -0400, Duane
wrote:

On 19/08/2019 3:09 p.m., Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers


What are you using to measure your heart rate? If it's a smart watch,
you need to pay attention to the angle of your wrist. I use a watch
like that generally but not specific to cycling. So I tend to leave it
on when riding.

To track my cycling heart rate I use a chest strap. I know that the
watch is not very accurate with my wrists bent in cycling position.

If you want even more confusion your cardiologist will tell you that
there is "heart rate" and then there is "pulse rate" :-)
--

Cheers,

John B.

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:09:59 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Cheers

Your cardiologist will likely tell you that Heart Rate is directly
equated to energy expenditure. There is even a formula for heart rates
that used to be a common measurement of "out put". The basic maximum
rate was calculated as 220 - age in years and then percentages of
that number were used to indicate output:

Zone 1 = 50 - 60% Maximum For long, easy rides, to improve the
combustion and storage of fats.
Zone 2 = 60 - 70% The basic base training zone.
Longish rides of medium stress
Zone 3 = 70 - 80% For development of aerobic capacity
and endurance with moderate volume at very controlled intensity
Zone 4 = 80 - 90% For simulating pace when tapering
for a race.
Zone 5 = 90 - 100% For high-intensity interval
training to increase maximum power and speed
--

Cheers,

John B.

On 8/19/2019 12:09 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I went for a 40 kilometers ride today and the ride involved a fair bit of rolling hills. An interesting observation was that at the top of the hills my heart rate was nearly 20 bpm LOWER that when I was walking around my apartment or just standing around talking to someone.

Anyone else experience similar drops in heart rate whilst exercising compared to their normal heart rate?

Not exactly what you asked, and probably won't explain your experience,
at least not fully, but:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal-muscle_pump

My /perceived/ experience is that my heart rate continues to rise well
after I crest a climb, and indeed may jump upward right as I ease off at
the crest. This could all be me hallucinating; I've never followed it
really closely with the HRM.

If my perceptions are indeed correct, my best-guess explanation is that
while climbing, my leg muscles are doing a lot of blood-pumping. When I
coast at the crest, the "muscle-pump" shuts down and blood pressure
drops a bit, stimulating heart rate to rise.

Mark J.