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What Is The Cause Of Changing Heart Rate?

Hi, I have a question about recovery heart rate. I find this a bit confusing. I am a 33 year old male who only does weighttraining, so no cardio . I m actually affraid to do cardio. My question is this. When I get my heartrate up and make it stay there for a short period of time (2-5minutes), then my recovery heart rate is great. I get my heartrate up to 150or160, and after one minute it s around 120 to drop below 100 after two minutes. BUT, when I do cardio for 30 minutes (which I almost never do), and I measure my heartrate afterwards, it s also 150, but it doesn t go down the first minute. So my recovery heart rate is terrible after long sessions. It starts slowing down after a couple of minutes, but this goes very slow. It returns back to normal after about an hour. With normal I mean around ten beats higher than my resting pulse, which is 50-55. Is this because there s something wrong with my heart, or is it because my body is trained for short outbursts and not endurance. Thx in advance p.s. I ve had several ekg s, thorax photo s, blood tests. All came back normal.
Tue, 20 May 2014
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Hello, whenever person excercises there will be definitely raise in heart rate and blood pressure and it will take some time to come down to normal. Do you have any symptoms like chest pain, sweating, giddiness, and any history in your family having hypertension and heart attack? And you said ecgs and x rays are normal. If you feel any symptoms along with this please consult cardiologist for furthur evaluation. Thank you.
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What Is The Cause Of Changing Heart Rate?

Hello, whenever person excercises there will be definitely raise in heart rate and blood pressure and it will take some time to come down to normal. Do you have any symptoms like chest pain, sweating, giddiness, and any history in your family having hypertension and heart attack? And you said ecgs and x rays are normal. If you feel any symptoms along with this please consult cardiologist for furthur evaluation. Thank you.