return to resting heart rate after workout

Did you take in any caffine after your workout? But you HR is going to be high for several hours after even an easy workout.

thats a hard question to answer- depends on your fitness level - If I have 3 or 4 hard days in a row it sometimes takes 12-18 hrs, ie upon waking the next morning - we had a thread a week or so ago and there was some discussion regarding traing zones and increasing by the 10% rule, of course we got into 10% distance, time, intensity - 2-6 hrs is normal and it could take 12 for an especially hard wrk out - look at your morning (pre get-out-of-bed) resting rate and if you see an elevated rate that may indocate your overtraining - 2-6 hrs and still buring calories, gotta love the afterburn!

Edited by Darr 2004-12-16 3:30 PM

I would also advocate the counting your RHR before you get out of bed method. I've been to the doc a lot the past month due to a medication adjustment (which we are still adjusting) and a sore shoulder and my HR has been all over the place. The lowest was 42 BPM and the highest was about 80. Crazy.

(But I was pretty pleased with the 42--probably a machine error--and totally impressed the med technician as well)