Curiosity - resting heart rate

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  • hipari
    hipari Posts: 1,367 Member
    speyerj wrote: »
    My resting heart rate this week is between 53-54. My current BMI is 31 and I run 3x a week for 30 minutes and strength train for 30 minutes 3x a week. I get about 12,000 steps a day. FitBit says my Cardio Fitness score is 34 which they say is "Excellent". Before I (re)started MFP, my BMI was 42 and my resting heart rate averaged at 66 and my Cardio score hovered around 25, which is "average".

    @speyerj that’s interesting, how old are you? I’m asking because my current Cardio Fitness score by Fitbit is 29-33, which they class as poor to fair. Excellent would be more than 50 according to my app. It says ”women 20-29” on top, so I’m wondering how this will change with age or if there’s some other difference in our stats/apps.
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    hipari wrote: »
    speyerj wrote: »
    My resting heart rate this week is between 53-54. My current BMI is 31 and I run 3x a week for 30 minutes and strength train for 30 minutes 3x a week. I get about 12,000 steps a day. FitBit says my Cardio Fitness score is 34 which they say is "Excellent". Before I (re)started MFP, my BMI was 42 and my resting heart rate averaged at 66 and my Cardio score hovered around 25, which is "average".

    @speyerj that’s interesting, how old are you? I’m asking because my current Cardio Fitness score by Fitbit is 29-33, which they class as poor to fair. Excellent would be more than 50 according to my app. It says ”women 20-29” on top, so I’m wondering how this will change with age or if there’s some other difference in our stats/apps.

    Yeah, mine is 33-37 (fair-average). I'm 42 and male.

  • speyerj
    speyerj Posts: 1,369 Member
    edited January 2020
    @hipari, suffice to say, I am a woman of a "certain age". :) I have children in your age range. It's based on sex and age.
  • iancity
    iancity Posts: 26 Member
    Well, mine seems a bit weird, as in its much lower than I would expect it to be.
    I'm 51, just under 14st and feel fat and unfit. Blood pressure is always high and I struggle to bring it under control naturally and when looking at the Garmin I expected RHR to be high 60's but its not, its 52. it's been much lower though, I noticed whenever I stopped the drink it went down to high 40's, and when I had 3 months off the dreaded alcohol it registered a record low of 42 (had lost a bit of weight then as well).
    Don't know if there is any correlation between heart health/blood pressure and RHR but with having high BP I automatically assumed RHR would also be high - apparently not though!
    Alcohol is massive a factor though, when I start drinking you can see the RHR go up day by day...which begs the question why start drinking again but thats a whole other thread !!
  • Legs_McGee23
    Legs_McGee23 Posts: 116 Member
    My RHR is in the mid to upper 60s. My BMI is 21.5. I'm in very good shape - distance runner for several years, strength training, yoga. I've never been overweight; my RHR has always been about the same, I think since I was a kid.
  • vivo1972
    vivo1972 Posts: 129 Member
    RHR 58
    BMI 31
    Female aged 47 and menopausal !
    Fat cyclist :)
  • sassysmom35
    sassysmom35 Posts: 130 Member
    Just took it lying here in bed.
    I'm 41F, 5'3" 177 lbs and and lightly active.... desk job but get 8-10000 steps per day intentionally.
  • sassysmom35
    sassysmom35 Posts: 130 Member
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  • poisonesse
    poisonesse Posts: 573 Member
    5'8" tall, 68 years old, BMI 23.9, resting heart rate 53. I've had a slow pulse as long as I can remember, even when I was obese. Used to laugh at it when people would say "oh, you have the resting heart rate of a pro athlete"... yeah, right! Some of us just have a slow pulse! lol
  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    According to my Fitbit, my RHR stays pretty steady between 49-51.

    Stats: M 45, 6' 200. Been into triathlons for a number of years but current weight is far off where I've been at my best.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,780 Member
    edited April 2020
    It's been so quiet, I thought I'd bump this thread :smile:

    Any women who have noticed a lower RHR during their period?
    Since getting my new activity tracker (with HRM) I've noticed that my resting heart rate drops from the mid-50's to the high 40's during my period. (I also get more skipped beats during my period)
  • gallicinvasion
    gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
    My resting heart rate is 59 bpm. I am 5’4”, 125 lbs after having lost about 103 lbs over two years. Current BMI is 21.5. I was about 60 bpm before starting to lose weight, so no real change there.

    I feel MUCH fitter, can walk a ton, can do a slow jog for quite a long time, feel much stronger than I was.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    Mine is 53 now. It was 56 at the beginning of last year. I am still technically obese but now just barely. I do not keep up with my BMI. I would describe my current level of fitness as fair.

    My fitness has steadily improved. It started at appalling in early 2018. Last year this time when my RHR was 56 it had improved to poor.

    Mine has dropped to 47 since this thread was first created. I am not sure if it is a true RHR but it is what Apple Watch reports. During the day I will sometimes glance at it and catch a 50 - 53 here and there, it is 51 now. My average last year around this time was 57 and that was on medication which I no longer need.

  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    BMI: 21.8
    current RHR: 56 BPM
    average RHR: 52-57 BPM

    I don't track my RHR all that much but as I've gotten more active, I've noticed that it certainly has gone down from the 60's to the 50's. Since I don't track my RHR too closely, I'm not too sure how my period affects it. It seems like it should be lower since I'm more lethargic during my period.
  • ssorg9
    ssorg9 Posts: 30 Member
    BMI-25.9
    RHR-Low/mid 40's
    I've lost 23 lbs since the beginning of the year
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    Female, 70, BMI 31, pre corona hr= 60’s, last night hr=84.
  • misscagal
    misscagal Posts: 194 Member
    53 yo female
    BMI 29
    RHR per Garmin 61
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    I must admit that I am surprised by many people here having RHR's that have them at elite athlete kind of level (under 60).

    Me:
    48 yo female
    BMI 19
    RHR according to Fitbit 64-67
  • lgfrie
    lgfrie Posts: 1,449 Member
    Currently:

    57 yrs old
    BMI 35.2
    RHR 56
    BP 126/80

    Where I started in June, 2019:

    56 yrs old
    BMI 45.5
    RHR 84
    BP 148/92

    1 hr cardio 7 days/wk unless sick or injured.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,041 Member
    My resting heartrate is 48-50. It's definitely gone down since I lost weight and started exercising. According to my Fitbit I'm in excellent cardio health, I do some form of cardio every day. No clue what my BMI is, I'm 5'4.5 and 122lbs. I was having my blood pressure taken recently and she was more concerned about my pulse rate instead of my blood pressure being high (new problem).
  • netitheyeti
    netitheyeti Posts: 539 Member
    Mid to high 50s for me last few times I checked my blood pressure at home, I'm 29 (30 next week) and maintaining a BMI that hovers between 22.5-23, I currently work out about 5 days a week - but my resting heart rate was never super high (low-mid 60s) to begin with (highest weight put me around BMI 36, but I was pretty young at the time, too - late teens/20ish)

    My blood pressure seems to sit around 110/70, sometimes dips to as low as 90/50ish... funnily enough I have such bad anxiety at doctors tho I always have to mention it because my heartrate and bp shoot through the roof! Like, 130+ beats per minute and almost double my normal blood pressure... yikes
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,216 Member
    Well, I'm an aberration to the rule of people disclosing less than 60 :)

    All numbers from Fitbit (where resting heart rate is not the traditional first thing before you get out of bed thing)

    Cardio fitness ranges from 50: to 54. Usually 50-52, supposedly pretty ok for my age :smiley:

    Weight increasing HR > 66
    Weight stable HR 63 - 65
    Weight decreasing slowly HR <63
    Weight decreasing more rapidly HR <59
    Sick or upset.... 69-70
    Usual range 61 to 69


  • icemom011
    icemom011 Posts: 999 Member
    48 yo
    Female
    Bmi 29.9
    Rhr 55-56, but it fluctuates. I'm happy to see lower numbers, like 51, and it will stay there for a few days,then climb into higher 50s again. I think when i sleep well it improves. Also it was lower pre surgery few months ago, but hardly comes down like that anymore. I'm active, cyclist.
    Where do you guys get the cardio fitness score on Fitbit? I use charge 2 with hr, but don't see that score on mine?
  • mburgess458
    mburgess458 Posts: 480 Member
    edited April 2020
    52 year old male
    BMI of 25
    RHR of 40 over-night according to my smart watch
    Blood pressure of 115/70

    I do cardio for an hour pretty much every day, mostly running

    Edit to add - some of RHR probably is genetic. My mom is 79 and has never exercised and her RHR is around 60.
  • youngmomtaz
    youngmomtaz Posts: 1,075 Member
    edited April 2020
    RHR:45(most likely due to low thyroid function) heart holster test done(for other reasons) a year ago confirmed.

    BMI: 27

    Fitness: heavy weights 5 times a week, run 2-4miles 2-4 times a week, walking minimum 2-3 miles/day, multiple summer fall backpacking trips include 3-4 days at a time of 10-25miles/day.

    ETA:

    Age: 39

    BP: 110/70
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    BMI is 23ish, rhr usually around 48. I just took it lying flat on my back after a nap and it’s 42 right now. I’m a runner and also a little hypothyroid which also lowers it.

    When I was obese, with vasculitis issues caused by lupus, it was sometimes over 100, which is really uncomfortable, since your brain gets biofeedback from your heart rate and decides that if your heart rate is that high you must be running from a bear or something - trying to sleep with my heart rate that high I would constantly wake up from nightmares. I read an article recently about people who are afraid of public speaking, and by taking beta blockers which lower their heart rate, they don’t feel anxious when speaking. So the biofeedback can go both directions - if you are anxious it raises your heart rate, and if your heart rate is high it makes you anxious!

    I have noticed that my heart rate is usually the first sign when I have a fever or am about to come down with something. The only problem is, if you tell a doctor, “Oh, and my heart rate has been elevated for a couple of days - it’s 60!” they will look at you like you are insane.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Lillymoo01 wrote: »
    I must admit that I am surprised by many people here having RHR's that have them at elite athlete kind of level (under 60).

    Me:
    48 yo female
    BMI 19
    RHR according to Fitbit 64-67
    @Lillymoo01
    There tends to be a bit of selection bias in these RHR threads where more people with low RHR will respond and people in the normal range will be less likely to.

    Personal experience is that I used to think of low 60's as being an indicator of "good for me" fitness levels when I regarded myself as being quite aerobically fit (but 30lbs overweight). Playing squash several times a week plus strength training. 65bpm and over if life and work interfered and my exercise volume and fitness level dropped.

    Then in my 50's I lost the excess weight and took up endurance cardio (cycling) and dropped 20% with 48bpm becoming my usual RHR.

    What's your BMI and fitness level? - BMI around 25 and in the upper portion of excellent aerobic range for my elderly age demographic (60 YO)
  • alexmose
    alexmose Posts: 792 Member
    BMI 19
    RHR 44
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,118 Member
    Lillymoo01 wrote: »
    I must admit that I am surprised by many people here having RHR's that have them at elite athlete kind of level (under 60).

    Me:
    48 yo female
    BMI 19
    RHR according to Fitbit 64-67

    I agree with what @sijomial said about selection bias in this thread, i.e., that those with "better" RHR may be more likely to report in.

    I also think the idea that only elites have RHR under 60 is a little overblown.

    Most community stats (i.e. general population research) seem likely to include only a small number of dedicated recreational athletes who do reasonably-large volume cardiovascular workouts regularly, let alone formal training (that targets things like improved CV response quite specifically).

    Even at the doctor's office (where I've usually dashed in after running late, and they check my HR immediately 🙄), they often read me at 60, and it passes completely without comment or discussion. When I set off the bradycardia alarms at the outpatient surgery center (HR < 50), the staff were unperturbed (except by the need to keep responding to the beeping monitor when it happened again), so I suspect it happens with moderate frequency among people who don't have "problem" bradycardia.

    HR range is also IMU quite genetics influenced (though consistent activity can lower RHR, of course). Those genetically on the low end, who work out or even train, might well hit 40s/50s at quite sub-elite levels. (<= speculation, not facts).

    Personally, I reported earlier at high 40s/low 50s. I'm being less active in this isolation period, and am running RHR mid 50s, sometimes even high 50s some days. (I'm still around BMI 22 now, 131.4 at 5'5" so BMI 29.1 this morning, and age 64.)

    Like @PAV8888, my RHR trends up in periods of over-maintenance eating, and in my case a bit higher after meaningful alcohol consumption, like a couple of glasses of wine the night before; then it comes back down into whatever my then-baseline rates are once my routine returns to normal.