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How old is your heart?

like radioman
56 years on the ticker
scary for most of you but pleasant news for a 63 year old
and i refuse to take winston's damn depressing test - thanks for the heads-up
30 years chasing young people up and down a basketball court may have paid off
i'm already much older than either of my grandfathers, who died of heart problems in their 50's. every added year is one i did not expect to have
 
radioman said:
So your overall cholesterol--235-- seems a little high, but the HDL number---even with some malfunctioning---is outstanding.
Congrats on the exercise program.
How is the running thing going?
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It got really hot. I went back to biking and walking for a while. I'm going to give running another shot, though.

In other words, it's really difficult exercise for me, so I went back to enjoyable exercise for a minute. I still want to do it, though.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Meh. Kind of B.S. if you ask me.

Since freaking when is 190 lbs on a 6'1" frame "overweight?" :screwy
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Did you do the heart quiz? There is no "you're overweight" part of it.
 
JumpinJack said:
Did you do the heart quiz? There is no "you're overweight" part of it.
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Yeah. In the results portion, under my stated weight, there was a header saying "Overweight," followed by a little paragraph lecturing me on how bad that is.

lol
 
JumpinJack said:
Do you have your popup blocker turned on? I don't get any popups.
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I got a popup that said, "Your old slow ass will still kick a Warrant's young ass any day of the week. But, that ain't saying much." Wow! Who knew?
 
Gathomas88 said:
I don't even think the test asked about exercise. Did it?

That would strike me as being a pretty major omission.
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I don't think so. The reason people exercise, healthwise, is to affect the numbers. So it asks for the numbers. If someone exercises, that will be reflected in the numbers. Besides, people often exaggerate how much they exercise, and it's hard to quantify degree of exertion. It doesn't ask how often you eat veggies, either, which is important. But if someone eats veggies consistently, and without butter and pork thrown in, that will be reflected in the numbers.

The key is in the numbers. They ask for that, because that's what is related to the health of the heart the most.

The blood pressure is a big deal, I think. Hbp does more damage than high cholesterol. It's difficult to have hbp when you're exercising (the right way) often and consistently.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Yeah. In the results portion, under my stated weight, there was a header saying "Overweight," followed by a little paragraph lecturing me on how bad that is.

lol
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Oh. Yeah, that bmi thing doesn't apply to someone who has muscle or doesn't fit the norm, I think. I guess I'm normal weight, so I didn't get a message about it.
 
As old as I am. I could have told that without the test but it agrees.

How the heck old was it going to be, 200?

20?

It came into this world the same time as the rest of me did, if I kick off tomorrow it won't get any older than me either.:roll:
 
radioman said:
I'm 63 and my heart age is 56, allegedly.


Well...I thought I was.....
I guess I better limit my barroom brawling to the old folks home....




This sounds really good, but for all I know, you may be 96 with an 84 YO heart.
I'll meet you at the old folks home.;)
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A heart age of 56 is great!

I question that 12 years younger is right for me. I've done a similar test before, and it was 10 years younger, which sounds more likely. I think it's the blood pressure that does it. I have low-normal blood pressure, and everything else is normal, although I struggle to keep my hdl higher.
 
JumpinJack said:
Oh. Yeah, that bmi thing doesn't apply to someone who has muscle or doesn't fit the norm, I think. I guess I'm normal weight, so I didn't get a message about it.
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Hmmm... I wonder what standard they're going off of.

According to the Army, I'm not "overweight" until I pass 194, and even that's negotiable if I can pass a tape measure and still perform to standard physically.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Hmmm... I wonder what standard they're going off of.

According to the Army, I'm not "overweight" until I pass 194, and even that's negotiable if I can pass a tape measure and still perform to standard physically.
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I bet bmi goes by a middle-sized frame person. So if you're small boned or large boned, the bmi reading won't be accurate. It also doesn't work for really muscular people, like body builders. I'm not sure, but I bet it doesn't apply so much to some races, who have heavy bones or light bones.
 
does anybody here even stop to think?

So if your heart, according to your test result, is 5 years younger than your date of birth would make it, does that mean if you get run over by a bus tomorrow (say skull crushed to jelly), they're gonna have to wait 5 years for your heart to stop thumping before they can bury you?

Tests like these are primarily for entertainment value.

They're no better than saying that a common head cold will kill you if you also fall off a high rise building with it.

Anyone know the chances of having a dice come up with "1" one on top at the first throw?

Hint: KISS
 
JumpinJack said:
Just how old is your heart?

Are you in fightin' shape? :beat

Are you ready to dance the night away? :2dancing:

Or is your heart telling you it's a lost cause...that all those ciggies and late nights and heavy beef dinners have taken their toll? :bon_voyag

Take the test. If your heart age is the same or less than your chronological age......:bravo::good_job:

HOW OLD IS YOUR HEART AGE?

My results: My heart is 12 years younger than my chron. age!!!!
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Just ask yourself, when you last fell in love and felt the old boy leap with nervous excitement?
 
Helix said:
It got really hot. I went back to biking and walking for a while. I'm going to give running another shot, though.
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I dunno, man.
Running is for people with a BMI of maybe 12 or so.
Anyone with a normal bodyweight is just beating themselves up.

In other words, it's really difficult exercise for me, so I went back to enjoyable exercise for a minute. I still want to do it, though.
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Better to push your limits on a bike.
I've got an old Lifecycle that has adjustable degrees of difficulty and I can tire myself out without causing (much) knee pain.
Ride your bike up hills, walk up stadium stairs at a brisk pace.
Given your success with biking and walking I'd skip the running.
If you insist on running, try to stay on soft surfaces---grass, dirt---and wear good shoes.
 
joG said:
Just ask yourself, when you last fell in love and felt the old boy leap with nervous excitement?
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Kate Upton's debut in the SI swimsuit issue.
 
radioman said:
I dunno, man.
Running is for people with a BMI of maybe 12 or so.
Anyone with a normal bodyweight is just beating themselves up.



Better to push your limits on a bike.
I've got an old Lifecycle that has adjustable degrees of difficulty and I can tire myself out without causing (much) knee pain.
Ride your bike up hills, walk up stadium stairs at a brisk pace.
Given your success with biking and walking I'd skip the running.
If you insist on running, try to stay on soft surfaces---grass, dirt---and wear good shoes.
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will do.

it was just so nice when i finally found my pace and was i was able to keep going without getting out of breath. that happened about twice. the third time, my chest felt really tight, and there was a little bit of pain there. that spooked me a bit, and i went back to walking and bike riding. once it isn't 90 here, i will try the couple blocks running, couple blocks walking thing again at least a couple more times. however, i still vastly prefer walking and biking, so those will probably continue to be my main forms of exercise.
 
Chagos said:
does anybody here even stop to think? So if your heart, according to your test result, is 5 years younger than your date of birth would make it, does that mean if you get run over by a bus tomorrow (say skull crushed to jelly), they're gonna have to wait 5 years for your heart to stop thumping before they can bury you? Tests like these are primarily for entertainment value.
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Well in defense of the test, the medical world has been around long enough to understand how people's bodies should progress as they age. Select groups of people such as athletes or individuals who have centenarians relatives all age slower than they "should" otherwise be aging. While other groups of people like smokers or sedentary people age faster than they should. Which is not particularly revolutionary. Even in the day-to-day pace of life, you've always run into people who tell you their age and it comes as a complete shock -- "You're 65 years old!? Jesus, you look and act like you're 40."

If you've ever been to one of those "body exhibits" that travel between science museums, often they'll have an exhibit where they show slices or organs of cadavers. Usually where the age of the person was the same at the time of their passing; but where one was an athlete and another was a more sedentary person. It's pretty creepy and fascinating at the same time because the athlete's body is night and day healthier and younger looking than his/her counterpart.
 
Helix said:
will do. it was just so nice when i finally found my pace and was i was able to keep going without getting out of breath. that happened about twice. the third time, my chest felt really tight, and there was a little bit of pain there. that spooked me a bit, and i went back to walking and bike riding. once it isn't 90 here, i will try the couple blocks running, couple blocks walking thing again at least a couple more times. however, i still vastly prefer walking and biking, so those will probably continue to be my main forms of exercise.
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I despise running, which is contrary to my boyfriend who was a runner in high school and college.

I'd suggest, if you have the drive and patience to learn, lap swimming. That's my aerobic exercise. I have a waterproof Shuffle and ear phones, which lets me jump in the pool, zone out and swim an hour.
 
JumpinJack said:
I bet bmi goes by a middle-sized frame person. So if you're small boned or large boned, the bmi reading won't be accurate. It also doesn't work for really muscular people, like body builders. I'm not sure, but I bet it doesn't apply so much to some races, who have heavy bones or light bones.
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Yeah, I think people just need to take the BMI and adjust it in their head to suit their frame. We have an internal sense of when we're healthy and when we're not too, if you pay attention to your body and how you're carrying your weight.

I'm pretty finely boned, and if I get passed 125 while out of shape, I start feeling a bit chubby, even though the BMI tells me I'm nowhere near it. On the other hand, I weighed over 135 while I was a hardcore fencer, which the BMI would tell me is the top of my healthy weigh range, and in reality I was still a size 4 to 6 and very lean.

My partner's exactly the opposite. He's very broad -- his ribs could probably fit all of me inside them. His cruising weight is at the top of what the BMI would call normal despite that he doesn't look chubby at all, and he was way over when he was doing martial arts and in very good shape.

So I tick the numbers down a bit to suit my body, and he ticks the numbers up a bit to suit his.

If you want a really accurate picture of your weight and health, you probably have to do something a bit more specific, like an actual body fat measurement or something.
 
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