Whats your resting heart rate??

pbuckland05

I was wondering what is your resting heart rate (RHR)

Mines 62 bpm

nialo

last time i looked twas between 58 and 63 depending on sitting down and laying down. took that about a month ago.

DAVE_K

Mines 40. I've had it tested by the doc and do it myself at home a fair bit with the garmin............thought someone had made a mistake but it comes up the same all the time.

pbuckland05

wow 40 thats low

banjobongo

how do you work it out? I know its to do with checking your pulse over a certain period of time, but whats the magic formula!

pbuckland05

banjobongo wrote: »

how do you work it out? I know its to do with checking your pulse over a certain period of time, but whats the magic formula!

I just took my pulse for 15 sec and then multiplied by 4 its best if you do it first thing in the morning before any coffee of tea which can raise the heart rate.

dioltas

banjobongo wrote: »

how do you work it out? I know its to do with checking your pulse over a certain period of time, but whats the magic formula!

AFAIK your supposed to measure it in the morning just after you wake up. Do it a few times and get an average.

djtechnics1210

56 bpm

Sean_Ludawg

pbuckland05 wrote: »

I just took my pulse for 15 sec and then multiplied by 4 its best if you do it first thing in the morning before any coffee of tea which can raise the heart rate.

Is it not be more accurate to just count it for the full 60?That's what I remember hearing anyway....

shamblertine

I remember in school mine was something crazy like 100, I'd say its the same now since I'm not doing any more cardio than I was then. Still not sure why its so high, I'm a reasonably active person and just slightly underweight.

Brian?

I had it measured last year, you need to lie perfectly still for 30 mins and have the average measured. I was training for a Triathlon at the time, I think it was 44.

amacachi

81.

colliebyrne

42 - best time to measure it is after a good nights sleep and before you get out of bed.

BrokenArrows

amacachi wrote: »

81.

stressed are we.

mine was about 54 the last time i checked

cardio,shoot me

mines 42 and im overweight , although i cycle a ton and that supposodly reduces heart rate a load

EileenG

About 55bpm. I measure over a full minute.

It's been lower in the past. Back when I was training for the Maracycle (and weighed close to 17 stone) I was often below 40bpm.

injured365

49 at the moment but im coming back from a long term injury so its usually lower

**Timbuk2**

Mines 53 bpm. It dipped down to 51 last week but I can't seem to get it there again!!

recharge

49 happy with that

liamo

Varies from 48 to 52.

amacachi

BrokenArrows wrote: »

stressed are we.

mine was about 54 the last time i checked

Nah, just fat and unfit

token56

Around 60 at the moment, but I haven't been in training in over 6 months, it would have been around 48 if i was fit at all.

The Guvnor

I have not checked it recently but at a guess somewhere in the mid to high 40's when just haven woken up.

When younger and more active it was 40 or on occassion high 30's.

At a desk or sitting probably high 50's, early 60's.

RHR has never been conclusively linked to VO2 levels. It is for all intensive purposes genetic.

Matthew Pinsent has a RHR of 52 and Redgrave was 40. Both fit.

I feel that if you are fitter and therefore leaner the heart is more efficeint and will beat less, plus you may be lighter and so it has less places to push the blood but this has yet to be proven.

Some marathon runner who won medals at world/olympic level had an RHR in the low 80's.

I think I read somewhere that your heart rate reserve is a better indicator of performance ability.

Futurism

It's 52 right now. Usually a little lower after waking up.

Kenmare

I measured my pulse and I seem to be 100.


Is this bad? :eek:

The Guvnor

Were you exercising before hand?