Tips on improved heart rate?

[lexythelou22]

Anyone have any tips on how to improve my heart rate in less than a month? I have until January 4th to get my heart rate to improve by at least 4 points. I've been trying to run 3 or 4 days a week for half an hour each time, but it gets dark almost immediately after I get home from school and my uncle won't let us out at night. I also have asthma and have been sick recently, so any time I try to do the running I wheeze badly and have to go home after maybe 10 minutes of running. Are there any tips and tricks to improving heart rate quicker, or do I just have to keep working at running as much as possible?

[ichot]

"I also have asthma"..."any time I try to do the running I wheeze badly"
Swim or pick up some other exercise that won't kill you.

"10 minutes of running"
And how far do you get during this 10 min? There's pathetic benefits in running for a duration of time. Run a distance under a certain time. Anyone can 'run' for 10 minutes, very few can run 2 miles under 10.

[ichot]

What is your current heart rate anyways?

[lexythelou22]

I don't even know, the gym teacher never told me. And I was told to get as far as possible in 30-45 minutes so that's what I work on, I'm only trying to improve my heart rate so I just push myself to run until my alarm tells me to stop, I don't keep track of the distance. I also have to work with what I have it's winter time in Pennsylvania, if I try swimming I'll become a popsicle, and I have no way to reach an indoor pool. This is why I asked for any tips that can improve it even the smallest bit

[ichot]

"I don't even know, the gym teacher never told me" HUH? Never told you what? Your heart rate? Why do you need a gym teacher to know what YOUR heart rate is?

[lexythelou22]

Uh, because I don't bother with it? I'm only in a gym class because I need a gym credit to graduate. The gym teacher is the one who took my heart rate down. I'm asking for simple tricks to help speed it along with the frequent exercises and healthy diet. If you have no other helpful tips, then there is no need to continue posting on this, especially considering that you're coming off as rude in the way you're phrasing things.

[ichot]

"Uh, because I don't bother with it?" HUUUUHHHH? How are going to know if you have gone down even 1 bpm if you don't know where you are starting from? How are you going to know if what you are doing is helping your progress or not? Jesus Christ, do you like taking a blind path towards your goal? Couldn't you 'bother' to take this a bit more scientifically?

I'm astonished 1. people believe they need to purchase a device to take a measurement of their heart rate (apple24) and 2. people don't know how obtain to their own heart rate. Ever seen people stick a finger by their throat? Google literally "how to take a heart rate".

"simple tricks" If that's what you want, then by all means. Just relax and relax further than you've ever relaxed before because it's easy to drop 4 points going from a walking to meditative relaxation.

[dem134]

Meditation and deep breathing exercises also help. Being relaxed helps some too.

[lexythelou22]

Thanks for the advice, I never knew that

[dem134]

Running won't lower your heart rate in a month, sorry. Meditation and a relaxed attitude can but it It won't help you run farther or faster. Yoga is another good breathing/ relaxation exercise. If All you care is about a low heart rate for the teacher you can cheat the test by taking a nap right before the test. When your asleep your heart rate will drop really low and as your waking up it slowly rises.

[lexythelou22]

The test is called the harvard step test. It's an intense 5 minute workout, then he checks our heart rate repeatedly as we cool down.

[dem134]

Okay, well as soon as he is about to take your pulse inhale as deep as you can. Relax and try to hold your breath while he takes his reading. When he's done exhale and repeat.

If you can only run for 10min then start off by walking for 20min at a fast pace at the twenty min mark start jogging go slow and build up speed gradually.

[lexythelou22]

I'll try all of that, thank you so much for the help

[kaylaS91]

Eat healthy, work on minimizing anxiety through meditation or other things like exercise. Which you can do, rain or shine, morning or night, at the gym. Regular sessions on the elliptical are a great way to get your cardio with minimum impact on your joints like with running.

[Anonymous]

Running isn't the only way, though it is the quickest.
Eat healthy. Jog in the morning. Exercise/jog in the house.

[lexythelou22]

Thanks for the advice!

[Opinion Owner]

You welcome. Glad i could help <3

[James-ice]

Martial arts, it will work you until exhaustion and it will teach defence, I pay twenty dollars a month to go. But for really short amount time as a month I don't know?

[Tomsta]

If by improve you mean get slower when resting then you need to be exercising a lot and eating healthy

[lexythelou22]

That is what I mean, and that you for the advice

[OpenWine]

improve heart by touching electric wire. crank it up

[lexythelou22]

Sounds confusing, could you demonstrate for me?

[OpenWine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazlEr6pIMk
here bby

[apple24]

Start to push a little everyday!

[lexythelou22]

I'll try that, thanks!

[apple24]

just a little a day!

[Entity]

"... in less than a month?" No.

[lexythelou22]

I have no choice. I started the school year late and he gave me exactly one month to improve my heart rate or fail the whole class.

[Entity]

To which you get him documentation that shows that this is an unhealthy edict and then you go to the head of the Phys. Ed. dept. If he is the head, you go above him.

[lexythelou22]

... How?

[Entity]

Well anyone who is in the department you tell will easily be able to note that this isn't healthy but you just get a doctor's note after asking them if it's healthy! They'll say no, or give you a way, but most likely say no.

[lexythelou22]

I wouldn't be able to get to a doctor because my new guardians haven't gotten around to getting my medical and we don't have the money for a visit, but I'll have to talk to the principle and hope he can talk to the people in charge of the health department, thanks

[Entity]

Even a school nurse will do.

[Anonymous]

Yoga I guess

[lexythelou22]

I can try it, thanks for the suggestion!

[Opinion Owner]

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