Resting HR

kjm3579 · June 2015

Currently 64 sitting in front of the PC at work

mitch16 · June 2015

StrongAndHealthyMommy wrote: »

brandiuntz wrote: »

Curious why you're curious. Mine's about 64.

Because I'm trying to decide what HR goal I should have lol

Have you spoken with your doctor about it?

The general guideline for max heart rate is 220 minus your age for normal, healthy individuals:

Age Target HR Zone 50-85% Average Maximum Heart Rate, 100%
20 years 100-170 beats per minute 200 beats per minute
30 years 95-162 beats per minute 190 beats per minute
35 years 93-157 beats per minute 185 beats per minute
40 years 90-153 beats per minute 180 beats per minute
45 years 88-149 beats per minute 175 beats per minute
50 years 85-145 beats per minute 170 beats per minute
55 years 83-140 beats per minute 165 beats per minute
60 years 80-136 beats per minute 160 beats per minute
65 years 78-132 beats per minute 155 beats per minute
70 years 75-128 beats per minute 150 beats per minute

If you haven't already, invest in some sort of HRM. Years ago I was doing high-intensity spinning classes and was having issues with exercise-induced asthma. I bought a HRM and sure enough, when this was occurring I was close to my max heart rate. 15 years later and I still wear a HRM for my cardio workouts, but I have a pretty good sense of where I am in my zone without even looking anymore.

My resting heart rate is 54, BTW. I'm 45 years old and my target for most of my runs is the 160-165 range.

MamaBirdBoss · June 2015

heyspearsy wrote: »

StrongAndHealthyMommy wrote: »

brandiuntz wrote: »

Curious why you're curious. Mine's about 64.

Because I'm trying to decide what HR goal I should have lol

So many factors involved... Is it reasonable to set this as a goal? How about just a tracking indicator of health?

RHR is a factor of fitness, gender, and genetics.

It's a byproduct, not a specific goal you can work towards.

missjones513 · June 2015

Mid 70's. It has gone down some since the being of the year

yogicarl · June 2015

36 bpm

klmnumbers · June 2015

Mine is pretty high. I think it's generally around 75, but my last three doctors appts it has been 108, 99, and 88. In my defense, I have a thyroid disease, and my labs came back wonky. So, I blame that.

rainbow198 · June 2015

I check mine every morning and it's in the low 50's. I started off being in the mid 90's. Very proud of myself.

amblight · June 2015

Mine is 42. I don't do any exercize, but the highest it's been has been 55. Think it's genetic, my fathers and brothers' are well below 40

Hornsby · June 2015

44

Abakan · June 2015

right now sitting in front of the computer 68, first thing in the morning before getting out of bed 59. I'm female and 58 y.o.

rosebette · June 2015

I'm also in front of the computer. Mine's 61. I'm 56 year old female. When exercising heavily, I've never been able to get it above 135.

Stella014 · June 2015

It's 61 now but Fitbit tells me it's more often 68
36y female

Albert989 · June 2015

72

webuiltthisnicky · June 2015

I'm just new to the gym, only been going three weeks but I only just remembered to find out my resting HR because of this post. Right now, today, it's 70. I know you need to do it over 3 days to make an average though. Looking forward to seeing that number drop slightly as I get fitter.