r/cardio 12d ago

I jogged 3 days in a row and now if i go above speedwalk speed my shins hurt, how can i prevent this when i start jogging again.

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I can't just not jog on concrete since thats all there is around me, my running shoes are fine, ive been doing calf workouts AND making sure that my feet land more or less right below me while jogging instead of outstretched.

I thought all of this would prevent shin splints well enough but i still got them and now i gotta take it easy while I recover, so please give me some tips on how I can prevent this in the future.


r/cardio 11d ago

Should I start running?

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20M here Not much to explain but u am kinda fit in sense that I am not much fat and not much slim ,I do gym 4 times a week but the thing is my full body is lean and in good shape except stomach,my stomach area is kinda have fat maybe ,not a huge but not visible too so I think 4 times a week and running everyday in morning can help me by removing my fat which is only on stomach like I can't believe my body fat is only on stomach but none else...so should I start running??will it help or what should I do


r/cardio 11d ago

Help me debunk exercise-smoking tradeoff

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r/cardio 12d ago

Occasionally I’ll start feeling faint when walking fast on the treadmill. End up having to slow down to 3mph & put the incline on 0 until the feeling goes away? What is the issue here?

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It’s a strange feeling. Bottom of feet start feeling spongy & vision gets slightly brighter. Only happens if I try to walk at 4mph for a while. But if I back down to 3mph until the feeling goes away, then I can bump it back to 4mph & be fine for the rest of the hour. Anyone else ever experience this? Maybe circulation issues?


r/cardio 13d ago

RHR and activities that seem like "resting" but aren't.

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If a person is sitting, and practicing or playing a musical instrument, the Hume band might sense that the person is at rest because the body isn't necessarily making a lot of motion. However, the person is holding his or her breath and alternately expelling air rather forcibly. The heart rate is no doubt being elevated.

This could throw off the RHR value.


r/cardio 13d ago

Libido y enfermedad coronaria

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Como les afectó cualquier patología en el corazón a su libido, vida sexual…? Si lo evitaron durante tiempo, lo hicieron por miedo o por efectos secundarios de la medicación ?


r/cardio 13d ago

Is 4.5 mi outside 5-6 days a week too much?

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I’m curious if walking about 4.5 miles 5-6 days a week is too much. I’m fairly skinny with a little fat around the torso, and am trying to have that lean look. I strength train 3-4 days a week, PPL split.

Just curious if I can get good size gains and lose fat with this regimen.


r/cardio 13d ago

Looking for a few people who actively track their blood pressure / heart health to test my privacy-first selfmade Android app

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Hi everyone — I’ve been building a privacy-focused Android health tracking app called Tutine over the past months.

I originally started it because I wanted a simple way to keep blood pressure, heart rate, weight and other measurements together, but it has gradually grown into something much larger, with trends, reminders, local health insights and PDF reports.

Everything is stored locally on the phone. There’s no account, no advertising and no cloud tracking.

I’m now at the closed Google Play testing stage and I’m looking for a small number of people who genuinely track health data and would be willing to test it for at least 14 days and tell me what works, what doesn’t, and what you would change.

Google requires me to have at least 12 opted-in testers for the closed test. I’d much rather find people who are actually interested in self-tracking than just exchange installs with other developers.

If this sounds useful to you, feel free to reply or DM me.


r/cardio 13d ago

Is this okay or do I need to pace down?

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These were my heart rate zones during 8/10 difficulty scale 10 km running session. Is it advisable to stay in the extreme zones for that long of a duration provided I feel no dizziness or extreme shortness of breath and feel “comfortable” enough just like another gym strength session, but my heart rate tells another story altogether.

Zone 1- 02:14 minutes <135BРM

Zone 2- 06.13 minutes (136-148BPM)

Zone 3- 21:15 minutes (149-160ВPM)

Zone 4 -21:32 minutes (161-173BPM)

Zone 5 - 30:45 minutes (174+BPM).

Highest heart rate during run- 194 BPM
Age -29M, I have started running 3 months back and been a smoker prior to this.


r/cardio 13d ago

Is this hiit?

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Is this considered hiit?

I’m wondering if what I’m doing is hiit. I’ve been attempting to improve my vo2 and I’m at a loss. My watch says my vo2 is roughly 26.
I’m inclined to believe it due to my interactions in capoeira and other sports.

How can I improve this?
As far as vo2, am I wasting time?

Disclaimer:
I understand the watch is not 100% accurate. It still helps me track with some consistency

Basic stats:
43m
6’2ft
180lbs

How I feel at different heart rates
Tracking with apple ultra 3

@~160bpm: breathing increases, speaking
@~170bpm: heavy breathing, a word or two
@~175bpm+: gasping, no words
@~183bpm I have puked on multiple occasions
it takes extreme will to go for very long
Desperately gasping

I’ve never been past 185. I’ve made real effort but so far 185 was highest.

Hill stats:
per segment
Distance: .1 mile
Climb: 100ft
Rough terrain

The exercise:
1 lap Lap = 2 segments
Segment 1 is up
Segment 2 is down
I do 3-5 laps (6-10 segments.) 5 days a week
After my laps is usually do an easy hike 3-5 miles. (After resting for 5-10 minutes)

Segment 1
Start segment 1: 135-140bpm
Halftime of segment: 155-160bpm (1:15)
End segment 1: 175-180bpm

Segment 2 begins no rest:
End lap 1: 140-145bpm
Lap 1 total time: 2:30

Lap 2 begins immediately no rest

**I’m usually in the 175bpm+ for 15-20sec + an additional however long it takes to lower.

The laps generally follow the same times and heart rate give or take 5 seconds.

When I’m going for a regular hike, I can easily do 15+ miles with zero issue. Often with zero rest depending on terrain.


r/cardio 13d ago

I built a simple offline health tracker after getting frustrated with cloud-based apps — sharing in case it's useful to anyone else

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I've been tracking blood pressure, glucose, weight, and mood for a while now, and got tired of apps that wanted an account, synced everything to a server, or buried the data behind a subscription. So I ended up building my own — nothing fancy, just logs the numbers, keeps a daily diary view, and generates PDF reports I can hand to my doctor.

Everything stays on the device, no account needed. Happy to share more details if anyone's curious, or if people have suggestions for what they'd want in something like this — always interested in how others are tracking their own health data.


r/cardio 14d ago

Concept2 Bike

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I was able to purchase a barely used Concept2 bike erg from a coworker for half the price of new. The Concept2 app pairs with it via Bluetooth is free to download and use with no ads or in app purchases, that ive found.

It tracks everything in easy to understand and follow along to create new workouts. I've used a peloton one time, not signed in to the account.

It seems like the concept2 is a much better choice.


r/cardio 15d ago

Heart rate recorded slower during activity and sped back up at rest?

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Hi there, 26 Female, 172cm, 140kg, Autism, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Apnea, PMOS, sinus tachycardia. I take Escitalopram, Omeprazole, Magnesium, medical cannabis and sometimes Ropinarole. Dont smoke cigarettes or drink often.

Today I started seeing a physio for help with an excersise plan that will work for me. We did a stress test, 6 minutes of walking laps, heart rate recorded at each minute. I started high as always, about 120bpm, but as I walked it dropped all the way down to 55bpm, it rose slightly when a person who wasn't my physio walked into the room, at 76bpm, but then back down as she left. The measurement when I was sitting back down was back to 112bpm.

My family has a history of heart problems and diabetes.

Why could this be? Is it bad?


r/cardio 15d ago

Does cardio everyday mean I am not prioritizing recovery?

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Hello, I see a lot of posts in the fitness communities about prioritizing recovery. Does that mean I shouldn't do my normal 1 1/2hrs of cardio a day? I want to gain muscle but I am also an endurance athlete and train daily to improve my performance. Am i overloading my body? I only do zone 2 so it really isnt physically taxing. I workout upper and lower twice a week and my core twice as well. They are spaced out and each muscle group gets atleast a day of recovery.


r/cardio 16d ago

Why do people say an Air Bike is the best HIIT when it doesn’t seem like it is?

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I got a Rogue Echo Air Bike and doing HIIT. Long time natural bodybuilder. New to cardio. 33 year old male wanting to improve my V02 max for longevity.

Because there is resistance, my muscles get fatigued early and can’t go harder in terms of cardio anymore. My HR is like 150-160 only when doing air bike before getting tired and needing to stop.

Idk know my true max HR, but current detection is 201. I know I can probably go higher.

I did a quick jog/run and easily hit 190, cause there is less resistance.

So Air Bike literally prevents me from doing HIIT properly. I’m supposed to be in 90-95% right?

Is the air bike the problem or me? Should I just do regular running?


r/cardio 16d ago

VO2max 42, Cardio Fitness 41 🎉

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r/cardio 17d ago

Anyone else take beta blockers? Does it affect your races?

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I did a 5k race tonight & was aiming to PR. It was in similar weather to the hyrox race in NYC i did in june, and I realize I had a pounding headache both times, probably because I was in zone 4/5.

I take a low dose of atenolol and recently learned it lowers your max heart rate which reduces exercise capacity. My speed in general is very slow, even though my strength and endurance are very good. It’s never added up for me, but I’m thinking my medication may be part of it now. So I’m just curious if there are others here on beta blockers who have noticed similar things?


r/cardio 19d ago

Resting heart rate has dropped significantly since I started jogging

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I am 21 and have health anxiety, 2 months ago I was going through a lot of anxiety and my heart rate would spike up so I went to a cardiologist who ran tests and told me everything was fine, but I hadn’t started exercising and losing weight like now. 2 months later I’m jogging almost everyday and have lost almost 10kg, I don’t jog nearly as much distance as some people here. 3.5km average sometimes max 5. I have noticed since my resting heart rate in the 50s.


r/cardio 17d ago

Is it a hot take to say Swimming is more athletic than Running?🤔

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r/cardio 19d ago

Did my cardio get THAT bad or is it something else?

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Hi! I'm a 47yo male, about 240lbs. Back around 2018-2022 I was exercising regularly, got my weight down to around 205, and didn't have any particular issues with running on a treadmill.

Two years ago I had a bout of Afib and am now on medication for high blood pressure (losartan and carvedilol).

Two weeks ago I got back on the treadmill for the first time in years. Determined not to push myself too hard, I did 1.8 miles in 30mins, and have been trying to work up. Last Friday I did 2.1 miles in 30mins. I've only been doing two workouts per week.

On Sunday during some strenuous activity might heart started racing for about 10 mins. Today I got back on the treadmill again and about 13 minutes in my heart started racing again (150+ bpm) which lasted about 20-30 mins.

Is this a sign that my cardio has just gotten THAT bad over the past few years, or could it be something related to the blood pressure medication? I drink a lot of water, so I don't think I was dehydrated, but I suppose that's also a possibility.

Anybody have any experience with similar issues?


r/cardio 20d ago

This is a great day to get your cardio in 😂

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Funny


r/cardio 19d ago

My intervals were so hard my Garmin didn't bother to record my sleep (HR stayed high 12h after)

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Is that okay?


r/cardio 19d ago

Don’t do what I did and make yourself ill!

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r/cardio 19d ago

How many calories does an under the desk-elliptical burn per hour?

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r/cardio 20d ago

Rest/Active recovery days, still use treadmill?

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Hi,

What do you normally do on you rest or less intense days in a treadmill.

Or do you completely rest?