Reply to: How fit are you? - resting heart beat

[ContractIn]

What's your resting heart beat?
Mine's around 65 odd.
Not bad considering I'm not too well at the moment and haven't done any excersise for weeks because of injuries.

49, but has been recorded at 42!

[n5gooner]

Does it help with the hot flushes?

no, she still gives me hot flushes....

[sasguru]

It was five until I cut out the fatty food...

I wondered where Threaded had got to...

[NotAllThere]

...
.and have been checking my HRT each day.

Does it help with the hot flushes?

[n5gooner]

This was the measure when I played sport. I think blood pressure is also a better indicator.

my BP is a little high, normally around 130/85

[n5gooner]

resting is 52-58 depending on how rested.....peak is 195 but I can only keep that peak going for 2-3 minutes, dropping back down quickly.

But then I go to the gym most days, and have been checking my HRT each day.

[rootsnall]

I think recovery is in fact a better measure of fitness than absolute resting heart rate.

This was the measure when I played sport. I think blood pressure is also a better indicator.

[DBA_bloke]

I think for most people round here, that'll be

step 3 - collapse in a heap, gasping for breath.
step 4 - go to pub to prop up mental health.

My rest heartbeat during the day is mid 70s. It has been for years, and I'm not overweight, don't have high blood pressure or high cholesterol, and take regular exercise.

Is your Will up to date?

[NotAllThere]

1 - measure heart rate
2 - step up and down a box\step 12" for 3 minutes
3 - rest for 1.5 minutes
4 - measure heart rate

I think for most people round here, that'll be

step 3 - collapse in a heap, gasping for breath.
step 4 - go to pub to prop up mental health.

My rest heartbeat during the day is mid 70s. It has been for years, and I'm not overweight, don't have high blood pressure or high cholesterol, and take regular exercise.

[gables]

Mine is about 60, I think. I do five times 23 minutes a week of rowing.

When I was 16 (and did several hours a week of rugby or swimming training) it was 85.

This makes sense, children's heart rates are higher until fully developed.

A friend at the time could swim a 4x50 medley and his would be back down to 55 within a minute of finishing. (He wasn't even a top swimmer, though he was better than me.)

I think recovery is in fact a better measure of fitness than absolute resting heart rate. There a step test you can do, something along the lines of:

1 - measure heart rate
2 - step up and down a box\step 12" for 3 minutes
3 - rest for 1.5 minutes
4 - measure heart rate

Subtract 4 from 1, the lower the number the better.

[wendigo100]

Blimey, when I was doing athletics it was low thirties first thing in the morning. My "record" was 26.

It's a tad higher now I'll wager!

[IR35 Avoider]

Mine is about 60, I think. I do five times 23 minutes a week of rowing.

When I was 16 (and did several hours a week of rugby or swimming training) it was 85.

A friend at the time could swim a 4x50 medley and his would be back down to 55 within a minute of finishing. (He wasn't even a top swimmer, though he was better than me.)

[gables]

Am not convinced that resting heart beat is always a good indicator of fitness. Mines around 55 and I am not planning on running any marathons anytime soon. My old mans is around 48 and he smokes 20 a day so maybe its more of a genetic thing than fitness related.

There's probably genetics involved in what a person's lowest heart could ever be. But if you were to take an unfit person and measure their resting heart rate before and after a training program it will most likely come down as they get fitter. Mine's is 46 woohoo.

[DBA_bloke]

I can't find a pulse. Should I be concerned?

No - it's perfectly normal.

[VectraMan]

I can't find a pulse. Should I be concerned?