What is your resting heart rate ?
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jennybearlv wrote: »A little derail, but how do you figure out your resting and max heart rate? I looked it up once, but I couldn't find my pulse. I have a chest HRM strap, no continual monitor. I like to use my heart rate for my runs, but the default Garmin zones seem low. Would I just throw on my strap first thing in the AM and start a fake activity to get my resting? How about max? I seem to hit my guestimated max HR during most runs. Does that seem right?
No that won't be your absolute maximum - you have to push to an extreme level, not a routine level.
A ramp test for example where the speed increases steadily until you finally go anaerobic at the point of complete exhaustion.
It's not something to undertake lightly!
I did mine as part of a VO2 max test in a sports science lab, took 3 days to recover including suffering from exercise induced asthma.
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jennybearlv wrote: »A little derail, but how do you figure out your resting and max heart rate? I looked it up once, but I couldn't find my pulse. I have a chest HRM strap, no continual monitor. I like to use my heart rate for my runs, but the default Garmin zones seem low. Would I just throw on my strap first thing in the AM and start a fake activity to get my resting? How about max? I seem to hit my guestimated max HR during most runs. Does that seem right?
No that won't be your absolute maximum - you have to push to an extreme level, not a routine level.
A ramp test for example where the speed increases steadily until you finally go anaerobic at the point of complete exhaustion.
It's not something to undertake lightly!
I did mine as part of a VO2 max test in a sports science lab, took 3 days to recover including suffering from exercise induced asthma.
Yeah, didn't think so. Good to know there is a really unpleasant test to find out though.3 -
Usually somewhere around 55.1
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Only had mine a week, 53-59 bpm1
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Mid 50's, down from mid 70's a little over a year ago. And 50 pounds lighter. I'm sure my heart loves that!1
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59 generally.1
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So far this month a low of 42 and a high of 57 for RHR.2
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jennybearlv wrote: »A little derail, but how do you figure out your resting and max heart rate? I looked it up once, but I couldn't find my pulse. I have a chest HRM strap, no continual monitor. I like to use my heart rate for my runs, but the default Garmin zones seem low. Would I just throw on my strap first thing in the AM and start a fake activity to get my resting? How about max? I seem to hit my guestimated max HR during most runs. Does that seem right?
I use my highest observed lately as my max. To find it on a bike, you can ride down a gentle great in your easiest gear and spin as fast as you can without resistance. It sounds easy but it's not.
You can record an activity overnight with your chest strap. Delete it later, or just edit the calories to zero.1 -
Mid 40s. I've been as low as 38.2
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I just want to say a huge Thank You to all that responded !
Your numbers relative to mine are quite insightful and should help inspire me to alter my course to make better food choices and to exercise more regularly !3 -
My RHR is usually 49 on average. I don't think that is bad as I am 66 years old. It used to worry me a bit but I was checked out by the doctor who said I was fine and to carry on doing what I am doing.0
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I just want to say a huge Thank You to all that responded !
Your numbers relative to mine are quite insightful and should help inspire me to alter my course to make better food choices and to exercise more regularly !
Certainly food choices are important for overall health, but focusing on resting heart rate your cardiovascular fitness (with some genetics thrown in) is where you will improve that number most.0 -
jennybearlv wrote: »A little derail, but how do you figure out your resting and max heart rate? I looked it up once, but I couldn't find my pulse. I have a chest HRM strap, no continual monitor. I like to use my heart rate for my runs, but the default Garmin zones seem low. Would I just throw on my strap first thing in the AM and start a fake activity to get my resting? How about max? I seem to hit my guestimated max HR during most runs. Does that seem right?
No that won't be your absolute maximum - you have to push to an extreme level, not a routine level.
A ramp test for example where the speed increases steadily until you finally go anaerobic at the point of complete exhaustion.
It's not something to undertake lightly!
I did mine as part of a VO2 max test in a sports science lab, took 3 days to recover including suffering from exercise induced asthma.
Just to put an exclamation point on this response, I did my own max HR test on a treadmill and I too was wiped out for three or four days. I will never do it again, the number just isn't that important and mine was right where all the online charts put it without me almost killing myself. Unless you are training for an elite event I just don't see the need for the test, not for the average Joe or Jane.1 -
Please keep in mind, a low resting heart rate can be an indicator of good cardiovascular fitness but can also be indicitive of a number of cardiovascular issues.
A 'normal'(as the in text book normal) resting heart rate is 60 - 100 bpm.
ETA: if you are *not* a very fit, athletic person and you have a low resting heart - particularly if you have symptoms like dizziness/lightheadedness, feeling faint etc - then you probably need to get checked out by a doctor.
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Mine has been as low as 61 and as high as 67 according to my fitbit blaze0
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Mine is usually between 45-500
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48 avg
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