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    What is your resting heart rate?

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    • Posts: 31 Member
      About 75, but Im on a medication that supposedly raises heart rate. I haven't checked my hr directly upon waking which is probably when the medication would be lowest in my system.

      My rhr used to be around 100, so it's dropped considerably with exercise :)
    • Posts: 45 Member
      60
    • Posts: 357 Member
      80 *I am 6 months pregnant*

      before pregnancy it was 68
    • Posts: 215 Member
      66 today, on less sleep than usual, a glass of wine and a bit less water intake than normal. I used to be in the high 70s, low 80s before regular exercise
    • Posts: 610 Member
      60 this weekend when I had it checked.
    • Posts: 245 Member
      55 This morning. Usually high 40's but it went up to high 50's as I'm recovering from a major sporting event a few weeks back.

      This points out that your resting HR is somewhat variable. It can become elevated for a period of time following intense exercise. It is also an indication that you may be overtraining. It is worth monitoring several times a week to get a feel as to where you should be. If there are significant excursions from "normal" you might consider figuring out why.
    • Posts: 2,099 Member
      Mine's around 42 at the moment. I got comments by the nurses that I must be fit when I was in hospital a few years ago. They had to get special permission to release me from recovery after surgery because it wasn't above 50 and wasn't going to head there ever
    • Posts: 3,670 Member
      Right now it's 36 bpm.
    • Posts: 3,624 Member
      19313071_5032.jpg

      cuz I'm a nerd...
    • Posts: 108 Member
      mine is 72 right now,
    • Posts: 271 Member
      Mine right now was about 70. But I'm sitting here drinking coffee getting ready to go to work.
    • Posts: 371
      74
    • Posts: 371
      About 75, but Im on a medication that supposedly raises heart rate.

      me too. I'm at 74 but I take a medication that raises it.
    • Posts: 411 Member
      58 (it was 98 before I started working out and eating right)
    • Posts: 3,333 Member
      I usually average somewhere between 65 and 74.. I am a smoker though
    • Posts: 548 Member
      54
    • Posts: 2,170 Member
      59
    • Posts: 8,329 Member
      62
    • Posts: 149 Member
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      Ummmm, that's tachycardia. Not resting. Well, maybe if you are a fetus....

      Umm, that is actually my resting heart rate. It has been since I was 10 years old following a virus that infected my heart. I also have a heart murmur, and no, I am not a fetus. When I exercise it peaks at about 189.
    • Posts: 40 Member
      54
    • Posts: 2,860 Member
      48 but it drops to 36 when i'm literally resting.. (as in lying in bed)

      Also.. I can get my rate up when working out hard.. but as soon as I stop.. I mean right away it drops way down again..

      My mom has bradycardia too since her 30s.. and she's obese.. about the same bpm as I do.
    • Posts: 2,860 Member
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      Umm, that is actually my resting heart rate. It has been since I was 10 years old following a virus that infected my heart. I also have a heart murmur, and no, I am not a fetus. When I exercise it peaks at about 189.
      Not to pry.. and you don't have to tell me obviously.. but have you been checked for aortic stenosis? That's a narrowing of the aorta and it can get very bad as you age. A heart murmur is often a sign of it.
    • Posts: 160
      80-110. I have tachycardia though. Always have had a higher heart rate than normal.
    • Posts: 189 Member
      Are you measuring this with a HRM or only counting your heartbeats?
    • Posts: 129 Member
      72
    • Posts: 136
      66 right now.. though it's the end of the day i'm not too sure what i would be in the morning
    • Posts: 149 Member
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      Not to pry.. and you don't have to tell me obviously.. but have you been checked for aortic stenosis? That's a narrowing of the aorta and it can get very bad as you age. A heart murmur is often a sign of it.

      I am not sure if I have been tested for that. I went through a lot of tests about 2 years ago, monitored heart while sleeping/ekg, etc. and the end result was there was nothing of concern. I do monitor it at home and go for check ups every 6 months. I will ask my doctor about it though - thank you.
    • Posts: 739
      mine is normally around 55 these days. Used to be 40-41 always, and I hope to get it back to there here soon .....
    • Posts: 68
      66 after coffee....which is amazing as before I started exercising a couple of years ago it was around 82! :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 328 Member
      60....after my third cup of coffee.
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