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Originally Posted by Pip
So somehow I scared myself to a shocking 220 bpm in less than a minute, when I just ripped the thing off. I didn't even know my heart could beat so fast. It was freaky.
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No you didnt, the machine was out of wack. If you were at 220bpm, you would die--or at the least collapse and be carted off to the hospital. Seriously. Professional endurance athletes can't get their heart rates up that high, you surely didnt do it just from being nervous. Me, a very low amateur riding 2 hours a day, five days a week, have never managed to get my heart rate beyond 193, and Im only 19. Trust me, the machine was reading it wrong (which happens all the time--if the contacts get dirty or cant get a good read, or even in surrounding electrical fields from things like power lines or even a TV, the reading can get all whacked up). If your heart rate was even at 200, you wouldnt even be able to see the meter you would blacking out so hard.