Resting heart rate

iHEARTcardiacnurses

When I first started my new diet and exercise routine my resting heart rate was 90. Now that I work out/exercise everyday, my resting heart rate is around 57. Last night, it was 43. I know trained athletes have lower heart rates but should I be worried being only a month in? My heart rate will pick up whenever I move around to about seventy and I'm asymptomatic otherwise....

kristilovescake

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-rate/AN01906

Interesting. I'm curious what others may say since I have no idea.

I think my normal RHR is lower than "normal" since I had a nurse ask me before if I was a runner (before I started exercising) since it was fairly low. I haven't checked it on my own recently though, so maybe that's something I'll do one of these days.

Maybe just keep an eye on it and if you start feeling weird at all, see a doctor.

iHEARTcardiacnurses

I'm a nurse so I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to things like this!

alz6690

I AM NOT AN EXPERT but 57 isnt something to worry too much about but the 43 is a little low. Have you tried taking it a few times in the space of 20mins? try that and right it down. If they're all similar then try different times of the day, just o see how your RHR varies. If you are worried try and see a doctor,

yeroc39

Did you take your heart rate (90) at the same time and conditions as you did when you were registering the 57. That's quite difficult given the different things that happen in a day...weather or climate, what you ate and drank that day, how much exercise you did that day....... That's why the real resting heart rate guide to use is upon waking in the morning. Start taking that and using that as a guide. That means all of your measurements will be under the same condition, and that is when you truly get an accurate resting heart rate that you can track and use as a refernce point for things like overtraining, fatigue, even potentially an illness coming on...and most important, improvement in fitness.