what is YOUR resting heart rate?

NotAllWhoWanderAreLost

Mine is around 44 beats per minute... i am curious where others are at

kmcoulon

Unfortunately, mine is MUCH higher than that. Due to some meds and other factors. That's why I have such a hard time exercising! Went to the doctor today and was sitting at 100 bpm!

bethvandenberg

Holy Cats that's low. Have you had that checked? I'm @ 66.

reepobob

Before I started P90X it was around 57 BPM average sitting down or lying down...I suspect it might be slightly lower now...

44 is slooooooooowwwwww!! Are you a hibernating she-bear cub?

SmashleeWpg

44? Are you alive!? Heh, mine is 50 - 52.

bachooka

low equals healthy... mine goes between 51-71 depending. which is between athletic and healthy... yours is sathletic! good job!

kelsully

When truly resting it runs in the low 50's...just now it was 51 BPM...

Erindipitous

Wow.. 44 is really, really low. Mine is about 60, BP usually 102/58 -- I blame it on the hypothyroidism.

kimberlyAjohnson

Mine has always been high even at 120 pounds. I'm around 80 now. High heart rate runs in the family.

dlj1970

whenever i hook up my HRM, usually in the AM, it's around 66: )

ChitownFoodie

Mine was 33-37, before my pacemaker. Now it's 58.

utes09

Mine's in the low 50's.

A lower resting heart rate is a sign that your heart beats more efficiently. When I worked with our college gymnastics team a lot of their resting rates were in the high 40's.

B2BB

How do u track yours?? I'm at 47, I'm guessing u are pretty active and have been for a while. Kudos:)

kappyblu

Mine is usually about 60. It can fluctuate between 55-65, though.:bigsmile:

audjrey

I am considered athletic with a BMI of 21%. My sitting heart rate is 45 beats per minute. I would imagine my true resting heart rate is much lower, considering every time I go into the hospital the night nurse has to wake me to make sure I'm alive and check my pulse two or three times just to find it. No problems with my ticker though. It's extremely healthy.

NotAllWhoWanderAreLost

:laugh: yes i am most certainly alive and hmm at the moment i am semi-hibernating (under a pile of blankets on the couch).. I do cardio work fairly regularly but not every day... but yes, in decent cardio shape but NOT an elite athlete! (if only!!).

My heart rate used to be semi low (low 60s) but i sort of just tuned in to it the other day (first time in way over a year since i have measured RESTING heart rate) and it was in the low 40s... i figued i MUST be doing something wrong so i had my husband count. He got the same number. I just counted again and its still coming out to 44ish.

My husband -- a self-admitted hypochondriac-- thinks i need to go to the doctor. I say i am in good condition for once in my life, and my heart is healthy. He reminds me that most of my family is dead. Ulgh. I was hoping a bunch of MFPeeps would say that have low heart rates as well so i could say seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

funkyspunky871

Haha. Good thing I just finished working out and still have my HRM on. Mine's 46 bpm.

darkrider42

I average 46-47.

plain_jane

Just out of curiosity, what do all of you with low rhr's do to get your heart rate up during exercise? Since I've been running more, I notice that my heart rate doesn't get going nearly as much as it used to and I wonder if I'm getting as good of a workout in, even though I'm going further and faster than before. I'm timing my rhr at 54 bpm sitting here and got the same thing the other day. My treadmill hrm (which I don't think is very accurate) never shows my mhr at much over 130 anymore. Is that a bad thing?

funkyspunky871

Just out of curiosity, what do all of you with low rhr's do to get your heart rate up during exercise? Since I've been running more, I notice that my heart rate doesn't get going nearly as much as it used to and I wonder if I'm getting as good of a workout in, even though I'm going further and faster than before. I'm timing my rhr at 54 bpm sitting here and got the same thing the other day. My treadmill hrm (which I don't think is very accurate) never shows my mhr at much over 130 anymore. Is that a bad thing?

No, I doubt your treadmill is even near what your real heart rate is. I'm young (16-years-old), so most of the time I'm able to get my heart up in the 170s or 180s when I workout... while, let's say, the trainer on P90X videos is in his 40s and only able to get his heart rate up to the 160s. So, it really depends on your age. I believe as you get older, your maximum heart rate drops. You can google a maximum heart rate calculator. It's based on estimates, so it's not 100% accurate, but you'll get what I'm saying. (My max. HR is in the 200s). Anyways, the higher your maximum heart rate, the higher 55% to 85% of your heart rate is. That's where most trainers suggest that you stay while working out. Anyways, it's not really your fault. You can be giving it your all and still not have the same heart rate as somebody younger or older.

And, yeah, you'll find that as you progress as a certain exercise, it gets harder to keep your heart rate up. I used to do a lot of walk-at-home videos in the 160s and 170s. Now, I have to work twice as hard to stay in the 150s.

CurriedGrasshopper

Resting is 42-44 .. which has dropped in the last few months (yay!) .. resting used to be 46. But I'm lucky to have a healthy heart, even when I was much heavier than I am now ( a good 60lbs more then my current 129 on a 5'2" frame, it was still only at 50 even then.

namrettik

84. I've got a fast little bunny heart.

Impala007

Usually in the 40s.......have seen as low as 43.

LeeBeeW

84. I've got a fast little bunny heart.

Me too.

Mine is around 75-80. It used to be over 100 so I am getting there.

audjrey

Just out of curiosity, what do all of you with low rhr's do to get your heart rate up during exercise? Since I've been running more, I notice that my heart rate doesn't get going nearly as much as it used to and I wonder if I'm getting as good of a workout in, even though I'm going further and faster than before. I'm timing my rhr at 54 bpm sitting here and got the same thing the other day. My treadmill hrm (which I don't think is very accurate) never shows my mhr at much over 130 anymore. Is that a bad thing?

I'm 45 and the best I can do to get my heart rate up is about 80%.

FunkySpunky said some very valid points. Age has much to do with heart rate. So does height and physical fitness.

You're 31, 5'4" and your HR is 130 (ish). That's pretty good. You are still well within your target heart range.

To calculate your target heart range manually, during the middle of your workout, take time to stop or walk very slowly, place your index and middle finger on your jugular and find your pulse.

Using a stop watch or second hand watch, count your pulse for 10 seconds only make sure when you start counting you start at zero. (Zero, one, two, three, four, etc.) When you've finished, times that by 6 and you'll get your heart rate for one minute. This number will represent your target heart range.

Now comes the math so get your calculator out.

Subtract 220 from your age. (Yours is 189)
Now multiply your answer by 50% or 0.5. (Yours is 94.5)
Multiply your answer by 75% or 0.75. (Yours is 141.75)

Your target heart range is between 94.5 and 141.75 beats per minute while working out. (This range represents a workout between 50% & 75%). Thus your ideal target heart range is 118.

Rules of thumb:

1) If you are a beginner exerciser, overweight, or have medical conditions that limits your exercise intensity, stay closer to the 50% mark.

2) If you are a seasoned athlete or well-conditioned exerciser, aim for 65% instead of 50% and 85% instead of 75%.

For example, let's say you are a seasoned athlete. We'll take your original 189 beats per minute and multiply it by 0.65 or 65% to get an answer of 122.85 or 123 beats per minute. The formula for 85% is 189 X 0.85 = 160.65 or 161 beats per minute.

Thus, if you are a seasoned athlete, your target heart range would then become 141.75 or 142 beats per minute.

Clear as mud???

rileysowner

Usually in the mid to high 50s.

Walking2Lose

My resting hr is about 58. Rarely is it higher than that. I've been told by my doctor that if you have a low heart rate that usually means that you work out on a regular basis (which I do!). I always thought it was low, plus it is very faint. When I was in school (recently) for medical assisting it was very hard for my peers to take my blood pressure as it was very faint even the teacher had a hard time getting it. I remember one time she asked me to run outside to get my heart rate up and then come back in, but the problem with that was because I was very active my heart rate went back to normal before I got back into the classroom therefore it didn't help LOL.

scottb81

Mine is usually 40. When I am out of shape it goes up to the high 50s.

borisda

Dang 44 thats awesome : )) mines 54 and I was pleased at that

Lanfear

I'm up there with the bunnies!!! Even with cycling to work, working out and horse-riding, my resting heart rate is almost never lower than 70-80 BPM. And the minute I do anything (even stand up to walk out to the kitchen) it shoots up to over 100.

Cycling in this morning, my Polar is showing that the average was 155 bpm and the maximum it reached was 167 bpm.

Huh. Guess it's just chronically unfit - bearing in mind that I've been cycling for over a year now!

cupcakelover103

Mine's 49, but it's not because i'm a supreme athlete, but i am getting fitter. Just naturally low like that.