What is your resting heart rate?

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  • tadpole242
    tadpole242 Posts: 507 Member
    it's currently between 38 and 42, at work. But I'm never resting, I'm either asleep or working.
  • EdTheGinge
    EdTheGinge Posts: 1,616 Member
    44 :)
  • zumbajheri
    zumbajheri Posts: 200 Member
    59 and just went to grab my iPad from the living room and sat back down, read this and checked :)
  • Yogi_Carl
    Yogi_Carl Posts: 1,906 Member
    36 usually; about 32 in meditation.
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    62 According to HRM.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Mine is 52 - one less than my age, which seems a reasonable target to maintain.
    Down from about 60 last summer when I started getting serious about my fitness.
  • ingies2011
    ingies2011 Posts: 127 Member
    Just before I fall asleep it is usually around 50, sometimes as low as 44, when I wake up around 56-60, once I kept my heart rate monitor on and the average was 50.
  • coz1979
    coz1979 Posts: 120
    Before starting my healthy eating and exercising my resting heart was 85bpm NOW 53bpm :)))
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    Wow, some of these are so low. Is that what it's "supposed" to be? Like lower the better type of thing?
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    around 55 that's down from 64 in December. Yay running!
  • lpherman01
    lpherman01 Posts: 212 Member
    56 - sitting at work. Is that resting? :-)
  • devilwhiterose
    devilwhiterose Posts: 1,157 Member
    Wow...mine is always in the 80's/90's. When I exercise, it gets up to the 110's/120's. I have no heart problems either...
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    46 bpm
  • rosettafaery
    rosettafaery Posts: 102 Member
    Mine is around the low 90s.
    I had a virus that affected my heart muscle a few years ago. I'm on beta blockers and ACE inhibitor tablets to 'control' it... So I dread to think what it might be without the meds!
    I'm hoping becoming active might improve my health :smile:
  • leftyguitarplr
    leftyguitarplr Posts: 31 Member
    58, down from 78 before MFP
  • aberc
    aberc Posts: 98
    42

    I feel pretty heart-healthy.
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
    Got 61 this morning.. time to quit smoking as I noticed my HR is about 20 beats higher after I've had a smoke for the day! :laugh:
  • IamMeMa5
    IamMeMa5 Posts: 12
    59
  • KittenTikka
    KittenTikka Posts: 93
    59!

    Last checked my RHR about 6 months ago, and it was 78 - all that swimming is obviously doing me some good :)
  • thegeordielass
    thegeordielass Posts: 208 Member
    Mine tends to average between 45-48 when I'm just stood still checking final texts/emails etc before I start a workout (at home). No idea what sitting/laying and resting would be.
    You people with really low heart rates make me feel less worried, lol. I'm still debating about mentioning it to my Dr next time I'm there as I don't consider myself as fit enough to warrant a heart rate that low and it's probably best to be sure I'm not about to randomly keel over and die.
  • Chris99mu
    Chris99mu Posts: 352 Member
    Are you measuring this with a HRM or only counting your heartbeats?

    Counting at my carotid by feel.
  • Chris99mu
    Chris99mu Posts: 352 Member
    Wow, some of these are so low. Is that what it's "supposed" to be? Like lower the better type of thing?

    Yes. The more you improve your cardiac and respiratory function, the less hard those organ systems have to work. Instead of needing 70, 80, or more beats (squeezes) per minute to supply your body with all the blood it needs, your strengthened heart muscle can output the same volume with only 40 or 50 squeezes
  • brooke64
    brooke64 Posts: 34 Member
    66 :)
  • wassergottin
    wassergottin Posts: 154 Member
    52 right now, it varies from the low 40's to high 50's. Once, an EMT friend of mine said that I should technically be dead because my heartrate was below 30 at the time. Haha!
  • nokanjaijo
    nokanjaijo Posts: 466 Member
    Mine is usually around 60 at the CVS when I check it. My doctor always gets a high reading because I'm a 40 year old child who is still afraid of the doctor. I never remember to get my heart rate right after I wake up.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    But I believe 60-100 is considered normal.
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-rate/AN01906
  • Eileen889
    Eileen889 Posts: 117
    Between 52 and 58.
  • TheYoungys
    TheYoungys Posts: 44 Member
    47ish lying in bed in the morning and around 50-55 when I am sitting up working on computer, etc. I'm a runner as well. :-)
  • woodsy0912
    woodsy0912 Posts: 323
    So glad to see other peoples low readings! Mine is anywhere between 38 and 50 at the moment. I am no athelete but I have been running and hitting the cardio pretty hard the last few months.

    At my heaviest it was above 90. Guess I am just getting much more fit and healthy. :smile:
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    Average is 66 for me, first thing in the morning before I get out of bed it measures at 58.

    Last ear at this time when I went for my physical my resting heart rate was 74.

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