Resting vs. Max heart rate

cf4life · May 31, 2007

I'd mention it to your doctor, but I don't think you should get o2, but just should cut back on the intensity of your training. I also doubt insurance would cover o2 since a six minute walk would not show your o2 dropping below 90.

Also, you really don't want to introduce o2 before you need to. If you can exercise for 20 minutes on the elliptical, then just recover for a while and then go back at it. Just go at it until you reach down to 90-91 and then recover. It may just mean you need to exercise longer at lesser intensity, but you should get the same overall benifit. I know even there are some that say it is the amount of time you exercise and not the intensity that is the most benifit.

cf4life · May 31, 2007

I'd mention it to your doctor, but I don't think you should get o2, but just should cut back on the intensity of your training. I also doubt insurance would cover o2 since a six minute walk would not show your o2 dropping below 90.

Also, you really don't want to introduce o2 before you need to. If you can exercise for 20 minutes on the elliptical, then just recover for a while and then go back at it. Just go at it until you reach down to 90-91 and then recover. It may just mean you need to exercise longer at lesser intensity, but you should get the same overall benifit. I know even there are some that say it is the amount of time you exercise and not the intensity that is the most benifit.

cf4life · May 31, 2007

I'd mention it to your doctor, but I don't think you should get o2, but just should cut back on the intensity of your training. I also doubt insurance would cover o2 since a six minute walk would not show your o2 dropping below 90.

Also, you really don't want to introduce o2 before you need to. If you can exercise for 20 minutes on the elliptical, then just recover for a while and then go back at it. Just go at it until you reach down to 90-91 and then recover. It may just mean you need to exercise longer at lesser intensity, but you should get the same overall benifit. I know even there are some that say it is the amount of time you exercise and not the intensity that is the most benifit.

cf4life · May 31, 2007

I'd mention it to your doctor, but I don't think you should get o2, but just should cut back on the intensity of your training. I also doubt insurance would cover o2 since a six minute walk would not show your o2 dropping below 90.

Also, you really don't want to introduce o2 before you need to. If you can exercise for 20 minutes on the elliptical, then just recover for a while and then go back at it. Just go at it until you reach down to 90-91 and then recover. It may just mean you need to exercise longer at lesser intensity, but you should get the same overall benifit. I know even there are some that say it is the amount of time you exercise and not the intensity that is the most benifit.

cf4life · May 31, 2007

I'd mention it to your doctor, but I don't think you should get o2, but just should cut back on the intensity of your training. I also doubt insurance would cover o2 since a six minute walk would not show your o2 dropping below 90.

Also, you really don't want to introduce o2 before you need to. If you can exercise for 20 minutes on the elliptical, then just recover for a while and then go back at it. Just go at it until you reach down to 90-91 and then recover. It may just mean you need to exercise longer at lesser intensity, but you should get the same overall benifit. I know even there are some that say it is the amount of time you exercise and not the intensity that is the most benifit.

cf4life · May 31, 2007

I'd mention it to your doctor, but I don't think you should get o2, but just should cut back on the intensity of your training. I also doubt insurance would cover o2 since a six minute walk would not show your o2 dropping below 90.

Also, you really don't want to introduce o2 before you need to. If you can exercise for 20 minutes on the elliptical, then just recover for a while and then go back at it. Just go at it until you reach down to 90-91 and then recover. It may just mean you need to exercise longer at lesser intensity, but you should get the same overall benifit. I know even there are some that say it is the amount of time you exercise and not the intensity that is the most benifit.

ladybug · May 31, 2007

Yes, I've actually read articles in magazines and online that the length of exercise at a good aerobic level is much more beneficial than a very intense exercise for a shorter amount of time. My guess is I could last on the elliptical for quite awhile at the level I was at yesterday. So, perhaps I could do an hour on the elliptical at a comfortable (yet cardio) pace versus a 20 minute wipe-you-out run. At this point I just feel trying different things to see what happens seems rational before taking the jumpt to O2. Obviously O2 at 83-87 with exercise is unnacceptable, so I won't continue what I'm doing.

My biggest issue is that I really would like someone to do an accurate exercise study to see what happens to my heart and lungs during an entire run and entire elliptical and have someone sit down and tell me what is good for me with CF. I don't even know if this is possible, but I don't know how much I trust my monitor. I mean, yesterday when I was on the elliptical, it kept my HR at exactly 174 from the warm up to the cool down, which makes no sense since I bumped up and down the intensity and speed and with a run I fluctuate a lot with intensity. This is frustrating.

And, yes, if I want to keep on with my intense run I will certainly get O2... don't worry. I just don't know if THAT'S the better thing to do (become where I need the O2 to keep up my run) or if its still just as beneficial to do the elliptical with my OWN O2 doing just fine. Urgh.

Anyway... I will keep ya'll posted. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

ladybug · May 31, 2007

Yes, I've actually read articles in magazines and online that the length of exercise at a good aerobic level is much more beneficial than a very intense exercise for a shorter amount of time. My guess is I could last on the elliptical for quite awhile at the level I was at yesterday. So, perhaps I could do an hour on the elliptical at a comfortable (yet cardio) pace versus a 20 minute wipe-you-out run. At this point I just feel trying different things to see what happens seems rational before taking the jumpt to O2. Obviously O2 at 83-87 with exercise is unnacceptable, so I won't continue what I'm doing.

My biggest issue is that I really would like someone to do an accurate exercise study to see what happens to my heart and lungs during an entire run and entire elliptical and have someone sit down and tell me what is good for me with CF. I don't even know if this is possible, but I don't know how much I trust my monitor. I mean, yesterday when I was on the elliptical, it kept my HR at exactly 174 from the warm up to the cool down, which makes no sense since I bumped up and down the intensity and speed and with a run I fluctuate a lot with intensity. This is frustrating.

And, yes, if I want to keep on with my intense run I will certainly get O2... don't worry. I just don't know if THAT'S the better thing to do (become where I need the O2 to keep up my run) or if its still just as beneficial to do the elliptical with my OWN O2 doing just fine. Urgh.

Anyway... I will keep ya'll posted. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

ladybug · May 31, 2007

Yes, I've actually read articles in magazines and online that the length of exercise at a good aerobic level is much more beneficial than a very intense exercise for a shorter amount of time. My guess is I could last on the elliptical for quite awhile at the level I was at yesterday. So, perhaps I could do an hour on the elliptical at a comfortable (yet cardio) pace versus a 20 minute wipe-you-out run. At this point I just feel trying different things to see what happens seems rational before taking the jumpt to O2. Obviously O2 at 83-87 with exercise is unnacceptable, so I won't continue what I'm doing.

My biggest issue is that I really would like someone to do an accurate exercise study to see what happens to my heart and lungs during an entire run and entire elliptical and have someone sit down and tell me what is good for me with CF. I don't even know if this is possible, but I don't know how much I trust my monitor. I mean, yesterday when I was on the elliptical, it kept my HR at exactly 174 from the warm up to the cool down, which makes no sense since I bumped up and down the intensity and speed and with a run I fluctuate a lot with intensity. This is frustrating.

And, yes, if I want to keep on with my intense run I will certainly get O2... don't worry. I just don't know if THAT'S the better thing to do (become where I need the O2 to keep up my run) or if its still just as beneficial to do the elliptical with my OWN O2 doing just fine. Urgh.

Anyway... I will keep ya'll posted. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

ladybug · May 31, 2007

Yes, I've actually read articles in magazines and online that the length of exercise at a good aerobic level is much more beneficial than a very intense exercise for a shorter amount of time. My guess is I could last on the elliptical for quite awhile at the level I was at yesterday. So, perhaps I could do an hour on the elliptical at a comfortable (yet cardio) pace versus a 20 minute wipe-you-out run. At this point I just feel trying different things to see what happens seems rational before taking the jumpt to O2. Obviously O2 at 83-87 with exercise is unnacceptable, so I won't continue what I'm doing.

My biggest issue is that I really would like someone to do an accurate exercise study to see what happens to my heart and lungs during an entire run and entire elliptical and have someone sit down and tell me what is good for me with CF. I don't even know if this is possible, but I don't know how much I trust my monitor. I mean, yesterday when I was on the elliptical, it kept my HR at exactly 174 from the warm up to the cool down, which makes no sense since I bumped up and down the intensity and speed and with a run I fluctuate a lot with intensity. This is frustrating.

And, yes, if I want to keep on with my intense run I will certainly get O2... don't worry. I just don't know if THAT'S the better thing to do (become where I need the O2 to keep up my run) or if its still just as beneficial to do the elliptical with my OWN O2 doing just fine. Urgh.

Anyway... I will keep ya'll posted. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

ladybug · May 31, 2007

Yes, I've actually read articles in magazines and online that the length of exercise at a good aerobic level is much more beneficial than a very intense exercise for a shorter amount of time. My guess is I could last on the elliptical for quite awhile at the level I was at yesterday. So, perhaps I could do an hour on the elliptical at a comfortable (yet cardio) pace versus a 20 minute wipe-you-out run. At this point I just feel trying different things to see what happens seems rational before taking the jumpt to O2. Obviously O2 at 83-87 with exercise is unnacceptable, so I won't continue what I'm doing.

My biggest issue is that I really would like someone to do an accurate exercise study to see what happens to my heart and lungs during an entire run and entire elliptical and have someone sit down and tell me what is good for me with CF. I don't even know if this is possible, but I don't know how much I trust my monitor. I mean, yesterday when I was on the elliptical, it kept my HR at exactly 174 from the warm up to the cool down, which makes no sense since I bumped up and down the intensity and speed and with a run I fluctuate a lot with intensity. This is frustrating.

And, yes, if I want to keep on with my intense run I will certainly get O2... don't worry. I just don't know if THAT'S the better thing to do (become where I need the O2 to keep up my run) or if its still just as beneficial to do the elliptical with my OWN O2 doing just fine. Urgh.

Anyway... I will keep ya'll posted. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

ladybug · May 31, 2007

Yes, I've actually read articles in magazines and online that the length of exercise at a good aerobic level is much more beneficial than a very intense exercise for a shorter amount of time. My guess is I could last on the elliptical for quite awhile at the level I was at yesterday. So, perhaps I could do an hour on the elliptical at a comfortable (yet cardio) pace versus a 20 minute wipe-you-out run. At this point I just feel trying different things to see what happens seems rational before taking the jumpt to O2. Obviously O2 at 83-87 with exercise is unnacceptable, so I won't continue what I'm doing.

My biggest issue is that I really would like someone to do an accurate exercise study to see what happens to my heart and lungs during an entire run and entire elliptical and have someone sit down and tell me what is good for me with CF. I don't even know if this is possible, but I don't know how much I trust my monitor. I mean, yesterday when I was on the elliptical, it kept my HR at exactly 174 from the warm up to the cool down, which makes no sense since I bumped up and down the intensity and speed and with a run I fluctuate a lot with intensity. This is frustrating.

And, yes, if I want to keep on with my intense run I will certainly get O2... don't worry. I just don't know if THAT'S the better thing to do (become where I need the O2 to keep up my run) or if its still just as beneficial to do the elliptical with my OWN O2 doing just fine. Urgh.

Anyway... I will keep ya'll posted. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

LisaV · May 31, 2007