What's your resting heart rate?

[theom-]

At 16 lowest I've gotten is low 50s taken in the afternoon, before i've done any exercise for the day.

 

[rjmaiorano]

Originally Posted by underwearer

didn't that bike dude Eddy Mercks have like a 20 rhh? somethng crazy like that

For reference. Merckx, Indurain and many other cyclists have been recorded in the 25-28 bpm. Plenty of competitive, yet not professional athletes can go <30. There have been assertions of monks getting closer to 20 bpm through meditation; which I could see as fully plausible. But there has to be a lower limit, its not like 1bpm is possible...

 

[bBoy JEe]

My resting heart rate is 52.

 

[mylesmyles]

Just checked it now - 61 BPM.

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by why

Does your heart rate monitor use a chest strap? I've noticed some monitors are inaccurate on some people, and different heart rate monitors either continually produce crazy readings or don't work at all (one person had a monitor that read 100+ when we were palpating her at 60ish).
Yes, chest strap. I've also used the ones that are just a wristwatch. I dunno. I thought that it was sort of nuts too, but this is not the reading from just one HR monitor. Maybe I'm E.T. or something. I tried once with a friend's HR monitor (chest). Now, this was back when I was in my 20s, but still. He was/is a top tier triathlete (regularly placed in top 10, sometimes won, in Southern California, which is pretty good), and I am... not. Same thing. My max heartrate was off the charts. His did not get nearly that high, maybe 200 or so, often in the 190s. So, maybe max HR is not the best way to measure fitness.

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by bBoy JEe

My resting heart rate is 52.

I heard that you've been losing weight. Congrats. I probably eat too much salt as well as treats. Actually, there is no "probably" involved. But they are so delicious.

 

[bBoy JEe]

Originally Posted by LA Guy

I heard that you've been losing weight. Congrats. I probably eat too much salt as well as treats. Actually, there is no "probably" involved. But they are so delicious.

Yes. I am not as fat as before. Still fat, but getting better.

 

[Toiletduck]

just checked - 63.

 

[phreak]

How much does diet affect your heart rate (low carb [think under 40g/day], slight calorie deficit)? MM has convinced me to do the high protein/high fat thing haha

I'm 6 feet tall, 147 lbs and 22 y/o. I've had my heart rate checked twice in the past week and both times came back 40bpm exactly. What should my bpm be topping out at for high intensity cardio?

 

[Scrumhalf]

Haven't checked in a while but it was in upper 40s last time I checked.

 

[Cary Grant]

First waking- lying in bed, I'm usually 45-50. Once I get the caffeine however...

 

[pronov]

I swear, after reading the body fat % thread and this one, everyone on SF is a god. It's amazing what some of you look like on the WAYW threads compared to what your metrics are.

 

[sho'nuff]

mine's exactly 60, you can use my heartbeat as a timer

 

[Kajak]

We were always told that overtraining increases RHR... And I notice that I have excess energy when my RHR is low, and feel crappy when its high.

 

[Nosu3]

90 - 100 bpm