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How old is your heart?

JumpinJack said:
What old boy?
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Well, since this thread is about heart health, a reasonable person might conclude that joG was speaking about the human heart.
However, his query could apply to other body parts as well.:wink:
 
radioman said:
The BMI is probably meant for the general sedentary public.
Muscle weight is much healthier than fat weight.
Using BMI standards as a guide, every NFL linebacker and RB is obese.
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While that DOES make me feel better, I AM still a bit overweight. I used to wear a waste size 32-34, depending on style, brand of pants. Now, it's 36-38, depending on style/brand.

You can't tell it, I carry my weight fairly evenly...like, most people know that one dude who is just an absolute pot bellied stallion...he's skinny in the chest, arms, neck, legs, everything....but with a huge belly, like, what a dude would look like if they were pregnant, almost. That's not me. I'm lucky in that respect, when I gain weight, it's not all in one spot, it's kinda all over.
 
My heart is 9 years older than me. That doesn't really surprise me considering how overweight I am and the fact that I'm on blood pressure medication.
 
KevinKohler said:
While that DOES make me feel better, I AM still a bit overweight. I used to wear a waste size 32-34, depending on style, brand of pants. Now, it's 36-38, depending on style/brand.

You can't tell it, I carry my weight fairly evenly...like, most people know that one dude who is just an absolute pot bellied stallion...he's skinny in the chest, arms, neck, legs, everything....but with a huge belly, like, what a dude would look like if they were pregnant, almost. That's not me. I'm lucky in that respect, when I gain weight, it's not all in one spot, it's kinda all over.
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Yeah... That's me, unfortunately. That's how you can tell I've got a strong genetic predisposition towards heart problems.

I was up to 215 a couple years ago (really let myself go after I got home from my first deployment). While it wasn't terrible, per se, I definitely was carrying the vast majority of it in my gut.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Yeah... That's me, unfortunately. That's how you can tell I've got a strong genetic predisposition towards heart problems.

I was up to 215 a couple years ago (really let myself go after I got home from my first deployment). While it wasn't terrible, per se, I definitely was carrying the vast majority of it in my gut.
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Was it fairly easy, or hard for you to lose it?

Because, I gotta tell you, I have worked my nuts off just to trim off 5 pounds. Like, I almost think that maybe I'm at my natural body weight, except that I'm a lot bigger than my dad ever was. When we had our first kid, I shot up like a balloon. I had been working out, and I was pretty swol, if I say so myself, I was at 225, and in the best shape I had ever been in. I ad the body I always wanted but was never able to get in highschool or college. Then, I stopped working out at all. And it all became fat, very quickly. I was up to 235, but I was able to lose it with nothing more than jogging 3 days a week. And it went away so fast. I slimmed down to 210. Then, I lost my job, and everything went to ****, and I gained weight again, back up to 230. And it's been over 1 year, doing pushups every morning and night, and jogging when I get the time/freedom, all for a measly 6-7 pounds!

WTF!?!? Getting older blows.
 
Says my heart is 26. I do not think this is accurate.
 
KevinKohler said:
Was it fairly easy, or hard for you to lose it?

Because, I gotta tell you, I have worked my nuts off just to trim off 5 pounds. Like, I almost think that maybe I'm at my natural body weight, except that I'm a lot bigger than my dad ever was. When we had our first kid, I shot up like a balloon. I had been working out, and I was pretty swol, if I say so myself, I was at 225, and in the best shape I had ever been in. I ad the body I always wanted but was never able to get in highschool or college. Then, I stopped working out at all. And it all became fat, very quickly. I was up to 235, but I was able to lose it with nothing more than jogging 3 days a week. And it went away so fast. I slimmed down to 210. Then, I lost my job, and everything went to ****, and I gained weight again, back up to 230. And it's been over 1 year, doing pushups every morning and night, and jogging when I get the time/freedom, all for a measly 6-7 pounds!

WTF!?!? Getting older blows.
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To be honest, I wasn't able to get below 200 with just exercise alone. The thing that brought me back down was working a job that kept me on my feet, and watching what I ate on my lunch breaks. That got me down to about 175-180 at my lowest, which made me feel motivated to start working out more in earnest. I've kind of gradually worked my way back up to the 185-190 range since then by packing on extra muscle.

Unemployment suuuucks as far as weight gain goes. It saps all your energy and motivation. It's also damn hard to work out intensely enough to burn off all the calories you build up sitting around all day.

The fact that my family has some pretty objectively awful dietary habits doesn't help that either, I'm sure. We order out for pizza a couple of times a week, and there's always soda or ice cream around the house somewhere. At least when I'm out, I can get subway or something. There's less temptation to eat the same crap everyone else is. Lol
 
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molten_dragon said:
My heart is 9 years older than me. That doesn't really surprise me considering how overweight I am and the fact that I'm on blood pressure medication.
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Your blood pressure shouldn't affect the heart age, since you are taking medication to control it. I think that was one of the bp choices in the quiz.

You can get that heart age down with just a couple of not too hard things. A walk around the block every day. Has to be walking...not a stationary bike. And losing a small bit of weight. Just a bit. You will see that heart age drop AND your blood pressure will drop unless your bp is a genetic thing.
 
MisterLogical said:
Says my heart is 26. I do not think this is accurate.
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Those quizzes (there is more than one) have been consistent when I've done them.

How old ARE you? If you're 62, then you must've made a mistake...typo or whatever...in answerng.
 
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.

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
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Actually, this is a test I've seen before on a doctor's site. These numbers matter and are critical in knowing how healthy your heart is. Having a healthy heart, or not, is unrelated to injury. That's like saying being the right weight and being extremely healthy in all respects...your body parts should live after you're hit by a bus, because they have so much muscle.

I'm guessing you didn't do well on the quiz.
 
JumpinJack said:
Those quizzes (there is more than one) have been consistent when I've done them.

How old ARE you? If you're 62, then you must've made a mistake...typo or whatever...in answerng.
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No, I answered unsure to some of the important questions so I think it just took it as bad. I look younger and have a lot more energy than most people. Most people can not keep up with me, so I dont think I am older than 21
 
MisterLogical said:
No, I answered unsure to some of the important questions so I think it just took it as bad. I look younger and have a lot more energy than most people. Most people can not keep up with me, so I dont think I am older than 21
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You can't always tell if your heart is not healthy, just like you can't often tell your blood pressure is high. It's only when your heart has serious trouble that you notice shortness of breath and other symptoms. This is an age quiz...not a heart failure quiz. You can be a sedentary person and not prone to being energetic and have a very healthy heart.

If you are in your twenties, you probably don't have to worry about it. But if you don't know some of those numbers...you might want to learn them. Cholesterol, HDL, bp, etc. They are key numbers in gauging your health.
 
JumpinJack said:
I'm guessing you didn't do well on the quiz.
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I did magnificently. My heart was exactly as old as the rest of me is.

Considering the tribulations I've managed, it should be a lot older and so should I be (than the birth certificate would indicate).

I guess the quiz just winced under my critical gaze and decided to be truthful. :mrgreen:
 
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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I am exactly the same age as my heart according to this survey.

The thing that helped me the most is low blood pressure.

However they did not ask about exercise. I ride my mountain bike for exercise.

So there are some flaws in this survey unfortunately.
 
JumpinJack said:
You can't always tell if your heart is not healthy, just like you can't often tell your blood pressure is high. It's only when your heart has serious trouble that you notice shortness of breath and other symptoms. This is an age quiz...not a heart failure quiz. You can be a sedentary person and not prone to being energetic and have a very healthy heart.

If you are in your twenties, you probably don't have to worry about it. But if you don't know some of those numbers...you might want to learn them. Cholesterol, HDL, bp, etc. They are key numbers in gauging your health.
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MisterLogical is in his teens -- still in high school.

I have known a few kids who have had juvie cancer, but none with heart problems that early in life, JJ.
 
Riveroaks said:
MisterLogical is in his teens -- still in high school.

I have known a few kids who have had juvie cancer, but none with heart problems that early in life, JJ.
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I've seen kids with LVADS. A LVAD is a pump that takes over for the left ventricle of your heart. The left ventricle is the last stage of our four chambered heart and is the one that pumps out the blood around the body. It is defiantly not the one you want to have F' up because then everything else is at high risk.
 
Age 39. Heart is 50, apparently. lulz

Heavy smoker, but I could get up right now and run 20 miles. I guess I'm just way out of shape, huh?

Yo gotta love these tests.
 
winston53660 said:
I've seen kids with LVADS. A LVAD is a pump that takes over for the left ventricle of your heart. The left ventricle is the last stage of our four chambered heart and is the one that pumps out the blood around the body. It is defiantly not the one you want to have F' up because then everything else is at high risk.
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I remember college biology 101 where we had to dissect things in ascending order of evolusion like worms, fish, frogs, turtles, and then finally a cat.

The cat was heartbreaking for me. I love cats.

It was a black kitty that nobody loved obviously. I found out that a lot of black kitties go to biology labs because few people love them and give them a home.

The cat had a 4 chambered heart as do all mammals.

The heart is the center of two streams of separate blood flow and it has 4 chambers.

The strongest blood pressure is the blood from the left side of the heart which is blood returning from the lungs and is then pumped out to the body, up and down, to the brain and to the feet.

This means the left side of the heart is more muscular.

This is the part of the heart pump that drives all of the blood pressure to the body and back to the heart.

From there the blood goes into the muscles, skin, and organs through the capillaries and then back through other capillaries which return the blood under the pushing pressure of the left side of the heart back to the right side of the heart.

So the right side of the heart is bigger but not as muscular.

Thus the heart tilts to the left away from the right even though it is centered in the body.

Once back in the right side of the heart the blood is pumped into the lungs and from there back to the left side of the heart - a comparably short journey thus the right side of the heart need not be as strong as the left side.

A poor kitty had to die and be dissected so that I could learn all that.
 
NoC_T said:
Age 39. Heart is 50, apparently. lulz

Heavy smoker, but I could get up right now and run 20 miles. I guess I'm just way out of shape, huh?

Yo gotta love these tests.
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At age 39 I would guess 5 to 8 miles would be your max, not 20 miles.

Most people even in great shape are hard pressed to run a half marathon -- 13 miles.

So 20 would be unthinkable for any smoker.
 
Riveroaks said:
I remember college biology 101 where we had to dissect things in ascending order of evolusion like worms, fish, frogs, turtles, and then finally a cat.

The cat was heartbreaking for me. I love cats.

It was a black kitty that nobody loved obviously. I found out that a lot of black kitties go to biology labs because few people love them and give them a home.

The cat had a 4 chambered heart as do all mammals.

The heart is the center of two streams of separate blood flow and it has 4 chambers.

The strongest blood pressure is the blood from the left side of the heart which is blood returning from the lungs and is then pumped out to the body, up and down, to the brain and to the feet.

This means the left side of the heart is more muscular.

This is the part of the heart pump that drives all of the blood pressure to the body and back to the heart.

From there the blood goes into the muscles, skin, and organs through the capillaries and then back through other capillaries which return the blood under the pushing pressure of the left side of the heart back to the right side of the heart.

So the right side of the heart is bigger but not as muscular.

Thus the heart tilts to the left away from the right even though it is centered in the body.

Once back in the right side of the heart the blood is pumped into the lungs and from there back to the left side of the heart - a comparably short journey thus the right side of the heart need not be as strong as the left side.

A poor kitty had to die and be dissected so that I could learn all that.
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Wow that is a pretty vivid memory and thank you for sharing. Some of the things we have learned about the heart are absolutely amazing. We have become so "advanced" in this knowledge we can actually replace a heart. We have drugs now that can heal a severe cardio myopathy. I'm very fortunate to be alive in this day and where this library of knowledge is available.
 
winston53660 said:
Wow that is a pretty vivid memory and thank you for sharing. Some of the things we have learned about the heart are absolutely amazing. We have become so "advanced" in this knowledge we can actually replace a heart. We have drugs now that can heal a severe cardio myopathy. I'm very fortunate to be alive in this day and where this library of knowledge is available.
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I remember that I did not like mammalian biology. Microbiology was fascinating however.

Viruses are like little jelly donuts with a stinger on them, and they inject their jelly into other cells and take over production. Apparently that's how HIV works too -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Some viruses have more stingers all over just like a sea anemone. That's what the HIV has.

Bacteria and molds are little single celled plants, molds are just bigger.

There are also little single celled animals slogging around.

Animal = moving.

Plant = not moving.

Bacteria & virus do not move either but they are not considered plants -- they are protists -- meaning single celled.

The most common ways of catching HIV is to cut yourself while butchering a diseased monkey, or having unprotected sex along the Hershey bar road. Then those little jelly donuts will be all over you inside and out. You will then become an HIV jelly donut factory. And die.

It's too bad that monkey hunters also play along the Hershey bar road without condoms.

AIDS has become the #6 killer of humans --

#1 - blocked arteries
#2 - stroke
#3 - emphesema mostly from smoking cigarettes
#4 - flu & pneumonia
#5 - lung cancer mostly from smoking cigarettes.

When I was in college in virology there was no such thing known to man as HIV. The worst virus in those days was herpes. Half the kids in virology reported having herpes in those days, a common affliction of frat boyz and sorority girlies boinking instead of studying.

But thanks to monkey hunters and the hersey bar road HIV has taken over the #6 spot from bacterial infections of the G/I tract.
 
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Riveroaks said:
I remember that I did not like mammalian biology. Microbiology was fascinating however.

Viruses are like little jelly donuts with a stinger on them, and they inject their jelly into other cells and take over production. Apparently that's how HIV works too -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Some viruses have more stingers just like a sea anemone.

Bacteria and molds are little single celled plants, molds are just bigger.

There are also little single celled animals slogging around.

Animal = moving.

Plant = not moving.

Bacteria & virus do not move either but they are not considered plants -- they are protists -- meaning single celled.
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I'm pretty fascinated with some of the images of my heart in real time. Secondly I'm also fascinated with how these drugs like coreg interact with my body and actually block hormones that a failing heart produces.
 
winston53660 said:
I'm pretty fascinated with some of the images of my heart in real time. Secondly I'm also fascinated with how these drugs like coreg interact with my body and actually block hormones that a failing heart produces.
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Well heart disease is still #1.

Always has been.

Always will be.

Part of it is due to genetics.

Part is due to diet.

Part is due to activity or the lack of it.

Part is due to behavior such as excessive smoking, drinking, or coke snorting.
 
Riveroaks said:
Well heart disease is still #1.

Always has been.

Always will be.

Part of it is due to genetics.

Part is due to diet.

Part is due to activity or the lack of it.

Part is due to behavior such as excessive smoking, drinking, or coke snorting.
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I tried snorting coke but the ice cubes always got in the way...

Seriously though that is one heck of a terrible drug for the heart so is meth.
 
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