When I left this morning after a good nights sleep, I had no trouble at all holding my heart rate down to 110 or less. I arrived at the coffee shop, had a cup of coffee and a muffin and when I left I didn't seem to be riding any faster but my heart rate was averaging 118.
Has anyone else noticed a 10 beet higher heart rate caused by coffee? Now in the morning I do drink coffee before I leave on the ride but perhaps Starbucks has a higher cafeine content than my home coffee?
The average speed back is about the same as my speed back. And while the wind was very low this morning it was head on and the route back was largely a cross wind. My max heart rate was pretty low today but the average was 10 beats higher on the way back.--
On Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:28:40 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
When I left this morning after a good nights sleep, I had no trouble at
all holding my heart rate down to 110 or less. I arrived at the coffee
shop, had a cup of coffee and a muffin and when I left I didn't seem to
be riding any faster but my heart rate was averaging 118.
Has anyone else noticed a 10 beet higher heart rate caused by coffee?
Now in the morning I do drink coffee before I leave on the ride but
perhaps Starbucks has a higher cafeine content than my home coffee?
This might help:
"The Complete Guide to Starbucks Caffeine" <https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starbucks-caffeine>
I gave up coffee about 5 years ago and switched to herbal tea (no
caffeine) and Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate, which claims to be 99.9%
caffeine free (about 5 mg per 8 oz cup).
As for heart rate, I have no heart. It's been bypassed.
The average speed back is about the same as my speed back. And while the
wind was very low this morning it was head on and the route back was
largely a cross wind. My max heart rate was pretty low today but the
average was 10 beats higher on the way back.
On Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:28:40 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
When I left this morning after a good nights sleep, I had no trouble at all holding my heart rate down to 110 or less. I arrived at the coffee shop, had a cup of coffee and a muffin and when I left I didn't seem to be riding any faster but my heart rate was averaging 118.
Has anyone else noticed a 10 beet higher heart rate caused by coffee? Now in the morning I do drink coffee before I leave on the ride but perhaps Starbucks has a higher cafeine content than my home coffee?
This might help:
"The Complete Guide to Starbucks Caffeine" <https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starbucks-caffeine>
I gave up coffee about 5 years ago and switched to herbal tea (no
caffeine) and Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate, which claims to be 99.9%
caffeine free (about 5 mg per 8 oz cup).
As for heart rate, I have no heart. It's been bypassed.
The average speed back is about the same as my speed back. And while the wind was very low this morning it was head on and the route back was largely a cross wind. My max heart rate was pretty low today but the average was 10 beats higher on the way back.
On 6/5/2026 12:11 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:Zen
On Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:28:40 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
When I left this morning after a good nights sleep, I had no trouble
at all holding my heart rate down to 110 or less. I arrived at the
coffee shop, had a cup of coffee and a muffin and when I left I
didn't seem to be riding any faster but my heart rate was averaging 118. >>>
Has anyone else noticed a 10 beet higher heart rate caused by coffee?
Now in the morning I do drink coffee before I leave on the ride but
perhaps Starbucks has a higher cafeine content than my home coffee?
This might help:
"The Complete Guide to Starbucks Caffeine"
<https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starbucks-
caffeine>
I gave up coffee about 5 years ago and switched to herbal tea (no
caffeine) and Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate, which claims to be 99.9%
caffeine free (about 5 mg per 8 oz cup).
As for heart rate, I have no heart.-a It's been bypassed.
The average speed back is about the same as my speed back. And while
the wind was very low this morning it was head on and the route back
was largely a cross wind. My max heart rate was pretty low today but
the average was 10 beats higher on the way back.
I did my first outdoor local TT in almost two years on wednesday
https://www.strava.com/activities/18776541749/analysis
I had a hell of a time getting my HR down after the opening climb, but
then managed to keep it below my AT for the rest of the ride.
I?ve not to be honest checked my heart rate before or after, though it?s generally in the 60 mark, when i do check my Blood Pressure as though it?s low there is high blood pressure in the family, so worth checking now and then.My rest blood pressure is perfectly normal. Only if I liuft my heart rate above max is the blood pressure increased and that is occurringv less and less as my yearly mileage goes up
The average speed back is about the same as my speed back. And while the >> wind was very low this morning it was head on and the route back was
largely a cross wind. My max heart rate was pretty low today but the
average was 10 beats higher on the way back.
On 6/5/2026 4:45 AM, zen cycle wrote:
On 6/5/2026 12:11 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:Zen
On Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:28:40 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
When I left this morning after a good nights sleep, I had no trouble
at all holding my heart rate down to 110 or less. I arrived at the
coffee shop, had a cup of coffee and a muffin and when I left I
didn't seem to be riding any faster but my heart rate was averaging
118.
Has anyone else noticed a 10 beet higher heart rate caused by
coffee? Now in the morning I do drink coffee before I leave on the
ride but perhaps Starbucks has a higher cafeine content than my home
coffee?
This might help:
"The Complete Guide to Starbucks Caffeine"
<https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starbucks-
caffeine>
I gave up coffee about 5 years ago and switched to herbal tea (no
caffeine) and Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate, which claims to be 99.9%
caffeine free (about 5 mg per 8 oz cup).
As for heart rate, I have no heart.-a It's been bypassed.
The average speed back is about the same as my speed back. And while
the wind was very low this morning it was head on and the route back
was largely a cross wind. My max heart rate was pretty low today but
the average was 10 beats higher on the way back.
I did my first outdoor local TT in almost two years on wednesday
https://www.strava.com/activities/18776541749/analysis
I had a hell of a time getting my HR down after the opening climb, but
then managed to keep it below my AT for the rest of the ride.
That is a high HR. I rode inside today 32 miles average HR of 104 and
max at 145. When I am on the Catride my HR is between 92-101 low for
sure. My research suggest that this is due to the fact that in recumbent position the heart is at the level of the legs and does not need the
added spike to get blood back up the heart like when riding on
recumbent. I take high dose of blood pressure meds to so that blunts response. I check my BP when I get up in morning and after riding and
then later in day depending. My bottoms out low about 2 hours after
riding really too low at 90/58 but when I get up in morning it is around 130/85 which is expect cortisol spike getting up.
On 6/5/2026 11:17 AM, Mark J cleary wrote:
On 6/5/2026 4:45 AM, zen cycle wrote:
On 6/5/2026 12:11 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:Zen
On Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:28:40 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
When I left this morning after a good nights sleep, I had no trouble >>>>> at all holding my heart rate down to 110 or less. I arrived at the
coffee shop, had a cup of coffee and a muffin and when I left I
didn't seem to be riding any faster but my heart rate was averaging >>>>> 118.
Has anyone else noticed a 10 beet higher heart rate caused by
coffee? Now in the morning I do drink coffee before I leave on the
ride but perhaps Starbucks has a higher cafeine content than my home >>>>> coffee?
This might help:
"The Complete Guide to Starbucks Caffeine"
<https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starbucks-
caffeine>
I gave up coffee about 5 years ago and switched to herbal tea (no
caffeine) and Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate, which claims to be 99.9%
caffeine free (about 5 mg per 8 oz cup).
As for heart rate, I have no heart.-a It's been bypassed.
The average speed back is about the same as my speed back. And while >>>>> the wind was very low this morning it was head on and the route back >>>>> was largely a cross wind. My max heart rate was pretty low today but >>>>> the average was 10 beats higher on the way back.
I did my first outdoor local TT in almost two years on wednesday
https://www.strava.com/activities/18776541749/analysis
I had a hell of a time getting my HR down after the opening climb, but
then managed to keep it below my AT for the rest of the ride.
That is a high HR. I rode inside today 32 miles average HR of 104 and
max at 145. When I am on the Catride my HR is between 92-101 low for
sure. My research suggest that this is due to the fact that in recumbent
position the heart is at the level of the legs and does not need the
added spike to get blood back up the heart like when riding on
recumbent. I take high dose of blood pressure meds to so that blunts
response. I check my BP when I get up in morning and after riding and
then later in day depending. My bottoms out low about 2 hours after
riding really too low at 90/58 but when I get up in morning it is around
130/85 which is expect cortisol spike getting up.
Yes, I have a high heart rate, and always have. I've written about that
in this forum before. I would regularly go over 200 when I was well into
my 40s, and up until my late 50s my AT was 187. I think my max is close
to 187 now. That's what I hit in the TT on wednesday, and on my last
track outing I sustained over 170 for the duration of the points race hitting 184 on the two efforts I _tried_ to sprint for.
https://www.strava.com/activities/18546306891/analysis
Having a high HR like this doesn't mean I'm strong or fast, it only
means I have a high heart rate - nothing more.
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