NSV - resting heart rate!!!!

EricJonrosh
EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
edited September 2024 in Success Stories
Wow. Last night while surfing the 'net (reading MFP stuff of course) I noticed my pulse beating very slow, like the same speed as the seconds clock on my macbook. I timed it. 60bpm!!! Then I did it again: 56bpm!!! When I started this journey exactly 2 months ago it was 118. Test yours today! It's a significant measure of heart health, and if you're exercising daily it will come down. I was so happy I shouted. Can't wait to get to the gym!

Here's a chart:
restingHR-chart.jpg

Crazy Steve, over and out.

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  • deannarey13
    deannarey13 Posts: 452
    I recently had a metabolic test done and it was at 50. I was actually alarmed at first thinking that it was too low. Then after some reading was pleasantly suprised to find that this was actually a good thing!
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    Yay! I am right there with you - I have ALWAYS had a very high resting heart rate but, after just a few months of regular exercise, mine is also now right around the 55-60 bpm range. Yay for improved health!
  • ccrawshaw
    ccrawshaw Posts: 166 Member
    When I first got my HRM, my resting heart rate was between 70 and 75. After one month of working out, I checked it again and found it to be between 52 and 55. I'm shocked that I fall into the "athlete" category on the spreadsheets that you posted. Interesting! Very interesting!

    P.S. I would not consider myself an athlete by any stretch of the word!
  • WifeMomDVM
    WifeMomDVM Posts: 1,025 Member
    Cool! Mine used to be in the 80's now it's in the mid-upper 60's! Fun stuff!
  • bachooka
    bachooka Posts: 719 Member
    mine is fluctuating between excellent and athlete... how is that possible? I'm 205lbs! rofl.
  • Coyla
    Coyla Posts: 444 Member
    Mine is in the 59 - 63 range, which puts me in the Excellent category, very near to Athletic. That's not bad for a fatty like myself. *Flex*
  • BabyDuchess
    BabyDuchess Posts: 353 Member
    My RHR used to be in the middle 70's now it's 63 and I'm almost 52! Lovin' it!!
  • mauryr
    mauryr Posts: 385
    I read somewhere that you should test right when you wake up, still in bed - for resting heart rate. Mine is in the high 40s-low 50s at that time, but in the low 60's when awake, but relaxed.
  • Mads1997
    Mads1997 Posts: 1,494 Member
    My resting heart rate at the doctors was 38.
  • bullmastifflover
    bullmastifflover Posts: 128 Member
    Good to know! Noticed my HRM initial number becoming lower and lower and didn't think much about it!
  • canaussie
    canaussie Posts: 168 Member
    I am no athlete but my RHR is about 49... Guess it has to do with my daily exercise over the last few months. :)
  • EricJonrosh
    EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
    Maybe scale and mirror don't show it yet, but you ARE athletes. I'm an athlete trapped in a mushy body that's slowly disappearing.
  • bovbjerg
    bovbjerg Posts: 172 Member
    Bump - must check this out.
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