Lowered resting heart rate

Very good!
Your cardio vascular system has got more efficent. You will probably notice it's now harder to elevate your heartrate during exercise and recovery to resting rate will be quicker.
Mine's down to 52 from 60+ when I was less fit earlier in the year.

Very GOOD

I started at 83 RHR and now low 40's I had to laugh when i was last in hospital as they had to disconnect the heart rate alarm from my monitors as it was always going off. :laugh:

I got a couple of the staff members interested in cycling as that is my exercise of choice.

Very GOOD

I started at 83 RHR and now low 40's I had to laugh when i was last in hospital as they had to disconnect the heart rate alarm from my monitors as it was always going off. :laugh:

I got a couple of the staff members interested in cycling as that is my exercise of choice.

This is when they discovered how really low my resting rate was.........the freaking alarms kept going off. Im far from fit yet but Im determined.

It is awesome! 40-60 resting HR is a good athletic heart barring any heart condition! It is termed bradycardia meaning a slow HR but in an athetic person it just shows that your cardiovascular health is great. If that freaks you out it would really freak you out to know your heart rate may drop into the 30's while sleeping. Its ok.(like i said barring you having any history of heart problems) keep up the good work!

I've got questions that need answering. Before I started losing weight and getting fitter, my heart rate was 65 - 69, done a test today and it says 42 - 45. (I'm taking averages)

Is this really good, or really bad?

I had the same problem, started in the 60's, went to the 40's.

I've see my doctor about this and have worn a Holter monitor for 24 hours. My average heartrate was 51 and my lowest was 38. They were not concerned as long as I didn't have any other issues, like shortness of breath.

I think along with this I have lowered blood pressure. Sometimes it can get really low, but usually on the low end of normal. One day I got really dizzy, passed out, hubby called 911 and I got an ambulence ride. Decided it was low blood pressure . . that was scarry.

This happened when I lost 60 pounds. . . I've gained about 15 back but I'm back eating healthier again. I'm sorta concerned about the whole heart rate/pulse thing because I have 50 pounds to go (needed to lose 100 total)

Get it checked out if you think it's a problem. Read on webmd.com
http://www.webmd.com/heart/understanding-low-blood-pressure-basics

That's awesome!

My RHR has also dropped a lot. It was something I didn't even really pay attention to and a nice side effect of getting healthier!

Really jealous.. My resting heart rate is 115. 3 miles an hour gets my heart rate to 180. My Dr. isn't sure what's wrong with it, wore a holter monitor for a week, have had all kinds of testing. I'm hoping it can be at least partially corrected with exercise.

I had preeclampsia while pregnant and it's pretty much been screwed up ever since, really hoping more exercise will fix it though.

I'm in the 50's at rest and really have to push hard to get it above 145 when I run - I'm sure you're ok, especially if it's lower because you are fit. Resting heart rate is supposed to be lower in fit people. That's why exercise is good for you. A lower resting heart rates gives your heart a lovely rest between workouts. People with high resting heart rates have hearts that are working really hard all the time. :brokenheart: