I bought an Apple Watch 3 to about 3 weeks ago. I ran with it once outside to calibrate my running info and have used it on the treadmill other times. I had been running 40 - 60 minutes at a 8 1/2 to 10 minute mile pace before I got the watch but have slowed down since because my heart rate seemed high but it still seems really high.
I'm 60 y.o. and usually have a resting heart rate of 60 bpm or less. I don't consider myself a runner but I alternate days between a treadmill and body weight calisthenics. I guess my goal is a high strength to mass ratio. I'm in good shape for my age, am 6'2" and around 190 lbs. I could probably stand to lose 10-15 lbs, but I have a 32" waist.
The problem is that when I run my heart rate seems too high. When I saw it being consistently over 170 I slowed down to an 11 minute pace and that seemed to work well to keep it in the 140 - 160 BPM range. I didn't exercise for the last two weeks because I had a cold and when I ran on the treadmill today my heart rate on the watch was reading over 190 for most of the run even at an 11 minute mile pace. I'm breathing hard enough to have to breath out of my mouth but not so hard that I couldn't carry on a conversation. The watch shows that it peaked at 210 bpm but there was a long period that it wasn't displaying any heart rate. I've seen it peak over 200 before and I haven't been doing intervals or sprinting. I can't compare it to the treadmill rate because when its high my hands are too sweaty for the treadmill to read. I had my annual physical last month and blood pressure and everything is normal.
I'm not sure this is the right forum to ask these kinds of questions but I don't know where else to go. Everything I've read says that my maximum heart rate should be nowhere near that high.
1. How accurate is the watch in these situations?
2. Does it stop reading over a certain rate?
3. Does anybody know of a good source that explains maximum heart rate, preferably for someone my age and fitness level. Am I harming myself if I exercise at this level?
I'm 60 y.o. and usually have a resting heart rate of 60 bpm or less. I don't consider myself a runner but I alternate days between a treadmill and body weight calisthenics. I guess my goal is a high strength to mass ratio. I'm in good shape for my age, am 6'2" and around 190 lbs. I could probably stand to lose 10-15 lbs, but I have a 32" waist.
The problem is that when I run my heart rate seems too high. When I saw it being consistently over 170 I slowed down to an 11 minute pace and that seemed to work well to keep it in the 140 - 160 BPM range. I didn't exercise for the last two weeks because I had a cold and when I ran on the treadmill today my heart rate on the watch was reading over 190 for most of the run even at an 11 minute mile pace. I'm breathing hard enough to have to breath out of my mouth but not so hard that I couldn't carry on a conversation. The watch shows that it peaked at 210 bpm but there was a long period that it wasn't displaying any heart rate. I've seen it peak over 200 before and I haven't been doing intervals or sprinting. I can't compare it to the treadmill rate because when its high my hands are too sweaty for the treadmill to read. I had my annual physical last month and blood pressure and everything is normal.
I'm not sure this is the right forum to ask these kinds of questions but I don't know where else to go. Everything I've read says that my maximum heart rate should be nowhere near that high.
1. How accurate is the watch in these situations?
2. Does it stop reading over a certain rate?
3. Does anybody know of a good source that explains maximum heart rate, preferably for someone my age and fitness level. Am I harming myself if I exercise at this level?