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Is Heart Rate Of 150 Normal After Doing Workouts?

I am a 63 year old male in excellent condition....work out hard daily for 2 hours on cardiovascular machine that monitors heart rate.......I do 2 hours straight, 6 miles per hour...at medium resistance....heart rate is reaching as high as 150.....Is this okay?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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I think at this age you are exercising too heavily. A treadmill exercise for 30 - 45 mins daily should be sufficient for you, if you are not a professional sportsperson.
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Is Heart Rate Of 150 Normal After Doing Workouts?

I think at this age you are exercising too heavily. A treadmill exercise for 30 - 45 mins daily should be sufficient for you, if you are not a professional sportsperson.