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Resting heart rates.

jbouton40
jbouton40 Posts: 54 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
What is your average resting heart rate. Mine is 42. Age 46

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  • donjshaw45
    donjshaw45 Posts: 53 Member
    Almost the same! About 40-42 bpm and 45 years old.
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    Age 55. Mine is normally 41 but occasionally drops into the 30's.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    Age 60 mine is 45 right now sitting at my desk.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    Age 43. Generally in the 50-54 range. I've seen as low as 48.
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
    edited July 2015
    Lately when I get out of the shower it is around 80 bpm according to my scale. I'm 44.

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I just checked and it's 70. I'm 38 (39-5 days.)
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Age 59, most recent RHR 48
  • lucyleigh4
    lucyleigh4 Posts: 33 Member
    Mine is usually between 62-67 and I am 40.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    WhatMeRunning wrote: »
    Age 43. Generally in the 50-54 range. I've seen as low as 48.

    Ditto. Ditto. And ditto. How funny...

  • jbouton40
    jbouton40 Posts: 54 Member
    Any research on whether a slow heart beat is good or bad?
  • bmele0
    bmele0 Posts: 282 Member
    I'm 28, resting 45-50 or so.

    My Dr. said she could tell I had been exercising by my resting heart rate!
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    jbouton40 wrote: »
    Any research on whether a slow heart beat is good or bad?
    If you've been dong lots of endurance training it's a natural adaptation. If you haven't it could be heart disease.

  • jbouton40
    jbouton40 Posts: 54 Member
    Been exercising for years but always been low.
  • gdyment
    gdyment Posts: 299 Member
    edited July 2015
    jbouton40 wrote: »
    Any research on whether a slow heart beat is good or bad?

    Typically athletic people have a broader range (180+ when working, 50- when resting) but it's not an absolute. My mother and grandfather were both in the 30s for resting HR and were not athletic/fit. And there are some pretty decent athletes who have a higher resting rate.

    For me personally going from 200 to 150 lbs dropped the resting HR from 75 to 40.
  • jbouton40
    jbouton40 Posts: 54 Member
    That's a huge drop. Great job
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