Low resting heartrate

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candythorns
candythorns Posts: 246 Member
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My resting heart rate iss around 45. Does this impact fitness? I can do cardio for the long haul but make me do a few pushuos and i literally feel like im going to pass out, sane with burpees, even pressing light (6 lb) weights above my head. Does anyone else experience this at all?

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  • candythorns
    candythorns Posts: 246 Member
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    No one else has a low resting hr? How does it impact your exercise?
  • Locked_On_Target
    Locked_On_Target Posts: 127 Member
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    Having a low resting heart rate is a great thing, the lower the resting heart rate the more fit a person is. The lowest mine has been this year is 47 and I was 58 yesterday. I'm guessing you must do a lot of cardio?
  • candythorns
    candythorns Posts: 246 Member
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    Locked_On_Target wrote: »
    Having a low resting heart rate is a great thing, the lower the resting heart rate the more fit a person is. The lowest mine has been this year is 47 and I was 58 yesterday. I'm guessing you must do a lot of cardio?

    I actually dont, its just naturally low and nt from being fit unfortunately. No one has ever determined it to he a problem but i know im pushing myself and not just wimping it out when it comes to things like pushups. My face will turn beat red and the rest of my workout I'll feel beat up, really long recovery time
  • omakase619
    omakase619 Posts: 226 Member
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    candythorns wrote: »
    Locked_On_Target wrote: »
    Having a low resting heart rate is a great thing, the lower the resting heart rate the more fit a person is. The lowest mine has been this year is 47 and I was 58 yesterday. I'm guessing you must do a lot of cardio?

    I actually dont, its just naturally low and nt from being fit unfortunately. No one has ever determined it to he a problem but i know im pushing myself and not just wimping it out when it comes to things like pushups. My face will turn beat red and the rest of my workout I'll feel beat up, really long recovery time

    Next physical ask your doctor about it. Take it easy on the intensity of your workout (especially isolated strength training)
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    candythorns wrote: »
    Locked_On_Target wrote: »
    Having a low resting heart rate is a great thing, the lower the resting heart rate the more fit a person is. The lowest mine has been this year is 47 and I was 58 yesterday. I'm guessing you must do a lot of cardio?

    I actually dont, its just naturally low and nt from being fit unfortunately. No one has ever determined it to he a problem but i know im pushing myself and not just wimping it out when it comes to things like pushups. My face will turn beat red and the rest of my workout I'll feel beat up, really long recovery time

    if you are worried then see a cardiologist. mine is anywhere from low 50s to mid 60s. every once in awhile its in the 40s.mine used to be in the 90s and 100s years ago.but there is something called this-bradycardia not saying you have it but its worth talking to a specialist about -http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/AboutArrhythmia/Bradycardia-Slow-Heart-Rate_UCM_302016_Article.jsp#.WImGwdQrL4Y
  • FredaCundiff
    FredaCundiff Posts: 2 Member
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    I have a low heart rate but it is due to medication. But I can do cardio and weight lifting without being light headed. What does your doctor say about this.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,752 Member
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    Locked_On_Target wrote: »
    Having a low resting heart rate is a great thing, the lower the resting heart rate the more fit a person is. The lowest mine has been this year is 47 and I was 58 yesterday. I'm guessing you must do a lot of cardio?

    I've also read it can be linked to hypothyroidism...
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    edited January 2017
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    candythorns wrote: »
    Locked_On_Target wrote: »
    Having a low resting heart rate is a great thing, the lower the resting heart rate the more fit a person is. The lowest mine has been this year is 47 and I was 58 yesterday. I'm guessing you must do a lot of cardio?

    I actually dont, its just naturally low and nt from being fit unfortunately. No one has ever determined it to he a problem but i know im pushing myself and not just wimping it out when it comes to things like pushups. My face will turn beat red and the rest of my workout I'll feel beat up, really long recovery time

    This is a question for a doctor, preferably a cardiologist.

    A person may have a low resting HR from fitness, but also from a heart block or other conduction disorder or quite a few other causes,

    You really need exercise clearance/limitations from the doc.
  • ninthnarnian
    ninthnarnian Posts: 237 Member
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    I used to have a very low (low forties) resting heart rate also. I agree with asking your Dr about these issues, but I also wouldn't think that the low resting pulse is causing all the issues you mentioned.

    Have you checked your pulse during workouts?

    Is your blood pressure low also? That could cause you to feel like you are about to pass out.

    And my face turns bright red just anytime I am hot. Lol people ask "are you ok?"
  • CMNVA
    CMNVA Posts: 733 Member
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    I posted about this a few months ago because I found that my RHR was in the 40s. I was not lying in bed either; just sitting around. It kind of freaked me out. I had been doing C25K and had lost 15 lbs, but still. I called my doctor and had my thyroid levels re-checked (I get them done every 6 months because I don't have a thyroid gland). My thyroid levels actually indicated more HYPER thyroidism so it wasn't that.

    My doctor told me not to worry as long as when I do cardio, my heart rate rises quickly and appropriately (it does). There is definitely a problem if you have a low heart rate (bradycardia) WHILE you are trying to exercise. If you are doing cardio and you can get your heart rate up over 120, I think it's a problem. Also, there is a problem if you are suffering symptoms.

    As far as your strength training issues, I think most of what you are feeling is due to lack of conditioning of your muscles. I can run for 3 miles, but a few push ups kill me.

    In order to put your mind at ease, don't be afraid to go to a cardiologist. Testing your heart rate is quite easy and they can usually tell if something is good or bad pretty easily.
  • candythorns
    candythorns Posts: 246 Member
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    Thanks everybody, i want to agree that its due to poor conditioning but even holding those weights over my head my arms shake tight away, i cant even do a few fly press. Ill bug my dr. Even my husband thinks my fitness abilities are abmormal
  • ajwcyclist2016
    ajwcyclist2016 Posts: 161 Member
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    After checking things with the doc. When doing do a set of what ever you are doing but not max effort sah about a 6/7 out of 10 effort, rest 30-60 seconds and do again. Just to train your body to recover quicker
  • Captnkidd99
    Captnkidd99 Posts: 1 Member
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    I now have a low heart rate. This came about after I received treatment to get me out of constant A-Fib. I'm also on some medication. Will be seeing my heart Doc on the 14th of Feb. (of all days). and will see what he thinks. My phone & watch, keeps and records my heart rate, so I will be able to show him whats been going on.
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
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    45 bpm is an athletic resting HR. Your circulatory system functions at a high level of efficiency. Higher than most.
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
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    When I had my physical last year, I was told I had a low resting heart rate (38) and my EKG signified that I was in the middle of a heart attack. I was very fit, ran an average of 25 miles per week, weight trained at least 2x per week, at the low end of my BMI so I was shocked. Had to see a cardiologist. It turns out runners sometimes have low resting heart rates and a fit heart can sometimes resemble a heart attack.

    You may want to meet with your doctor if this hasn't been reviewed.

    In regards to exercise, even though I have a low resting heart rate, my heart rate will reach the mid to high 180s when I'm running super hard in a race, usually climbing hills or coming up on the finish line. You can't really go by the age/gender charts because real people don't always fit in those guidelines.
  • scorpio516
    scorpio516 Posts: 955 Member
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    In my last doctor's visit, I set off alarms on the finger HR monitor. The alarms go off if your under 40 bpm, I hit 35. The nurse was freaking out, but my doctor told him it was OK.

    5 years ago, I had my appendix removed (on Valentine's Day). When I woke up, the nurses were hovering constantly and the alarms kept going off because my pulse was in the low 30s and my BP was about 50/70.

    My dad had a low RHR too, somewhere in the 50s. Lifelong smoker, died of throat cancer, had half his stomach removed due to an ulcer caused be chronic worrying.

    So what am I saying? Low HR is mostly genetic, but then modified by fitness.

    Fitness? A high reserve(Max HR - RHR = Reserve) is useful, but not a true measure of fitness.
    Today I had a z2 run where I was supposed to keep my HR below 160. It was really difficult to keep it that low! My Max is 192-ish.

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