What's your resting heart rate?

myssjaxson
myssjaxson Posts: 89 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
For you runners/athletes and for those who just began couch to 5k (like me). Just curious, what's your heart rate at rest?
Also include height, weight and activity level, if you know your blood pressure, why not? if you guys don't mind indulging a future med students curiosity.

For me:
BPM: 72
BP: 110/70
Height: 5'5
Weight: 147lbs
Age: 18
Activity level: Light/training for a 5k

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  • ald783
    ald783 Posts: 688 Member
    BPM: 60 (It was in the 80s when I was starting out at my heaviest, so that's been a nice indicator of my increased fitness level!)
    BP: 110/78 give or take a few (that was my last one in December)
    Height: 5'11.5
    Weight: 190lbs
    Age: 32
    Activity level: reasonably active.. I work out 4-5 days a week and can comfortably run 4-5 miles
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    When I started, my resting HR was 84. After losing weight and taking up running, it's now in the mid to high 50's. I still have quite a bit of weight to lose, but have pretty low blood pressure. Around 100/60-70. I work out a lot, but am sedentary the rest of the time (desk job). I work out typically 5-6 days a week. 2 days are weight training and the rest is running. I run up through half marathon distance.
  • gdyment
    gdyment Posts: 299 Member
    After a point it really doesn't "say" anything about fitness - it's more about the range between min and max, and how fast it comes back down to resting. My mother was not fit in the slightest but her resting HR was under 40 - grandfather would drop below 30 (which freaked out the nurses). Some really fit marathon guys are over 50bpm resting.

    Mine was 75'ish before getting active, has dropped to ~42 . BP is actually a bit too low (get dizzy sometimes) at 105/55 ish. What is nice is being able to run ~9min/miles with HR staying below 125.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    My morning resting heart rate is in the high 40's. I started off in the mid 90's 4 years ago.

    I'm very active and will be training for a half-marathon/CN Tower climb very soon.

  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member
    For me:
    Resting BPM: 50-54
    BP: 110/80
    Height: 5' 11"
    Weight: 233lbs
    Age: 31
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    gdyment wrote: »
    After a point it really doesn't "say" anything about fitness - it's more about the range between min and max, and how fast it comes back down to resting. My mother was not fit in the slightest but her resting HR was under 40 - grandfather would drop below 30 (which freaked out the nurses). Some really fit marathon guys are over 50bpm resting.

    Mine was 75'ish before getting active, has dropped to ~42 . BP is actually a bit too low (get dizzy sometimes) at 105/55 ish. What is nice is being able to run ~9min/miles with HR staying below 125.

    I have to agree with this.

    I'm way over weight.
    5'3" 200lbs
    BPM 75-80
    BP 100/65
    Age 37

    I wear a HRM when I run and during a 12 minute mile (yes, I'm slow, that is running for me) my HR is usually around 150 bpm and I've seen it as high as 170 after my 4th or 5th mile.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    For me:
    BPM: 54
    BP: 116/78
    Height: 5'7"
    Weight: 137lbs
    Age: 45
    Activity level: desk job, but fairly physically active. I run distances up to half marathon (last race was a 5-miler on Thanksgiving) with a pace of 7-8 minutes per mile depending on distance. Currently running 4-6 miles 3x a week, doing stepmill (3200 steps) once a week, 90 minutes of yoga 3x a week and alpine skiing 2x a week.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    edited January 2016
    Mine
    Resting BPM 53-56
    BP 110/78
    Height 6'0
    weight 188
    age 47
    activity level- weights 5 days a week, cardio 7-11 times a week
  • ChrisRendon1128
    ChrisRendon1128 Posts: 103 Member
    Resting BPM: 76 (I just started walking 4 months ago after being sedentary all of the time)
    BP: not sure?
    Height: 5'3"
    Weight: 234.4 lbs (I used to be 287)
    Age: 28
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    edited January 2016
    Resting BPM: 50-56 ( comes from 221 at October 2014)
    BP: 112/72 ( over 220/123 at October 2014)
    height "5.5
    Weight 144 lbs (261.6 lbs October 2014)
    Age 50

    Comes from not able to walk at all, to jogging 60 minutes a day now. Everyday about 3.9 to 4 mph.

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  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    I started running summer of 2014. My resting HR is 48. These are not fixed numbers, just because mine is 48 and some other runners is 60 does not mean I am in better health than that person with 60.
  • Sarahb29
    Sarahb29 Posts: 952 Member
    87. Sounds like I have a ways to go.
  • ravi_tiwari_786
    ravi_tiwari_786 Posts: 651 Member
    Resting BPM 56 - 60
    BP 123/83
    Height 5'9
    weight 147
    age 33
    activity level- weights, cardio 5 days a week.
  • nunasdream
    nunasdream Posts: 1 Member
    BPM: 58
    BP: No idea
    Height: 5'7
    Weight: 174lbs
    Age: 28
    Activity level: Lazy :P
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    edited January 2016
    Still obese, but I've done a lot of cardio now.

    My RHR tends to stay in the 55-65 zone, down about 10-15 bpm since I started doing cardio. It varies a lot with breathing.

    Just took my BP now. 119/81, RHR 57, which is great because I started at about 138/90 and a heart rate of 68+. Averages over my last 5 measurements (always taken seated, and not after any strenuous exercise, but at random times of day and week depending on when I feel like it) are 120/72 @ 60 BPM.

    Height is 5' 7.5", weight is currently 244 lb but an average weight over those 5 measurements of about 250 lb.

    My heart rate recovery is about -60 bpm over 2 minutes of recovery.
  • Rabidrunner
    Rabidrunner Posts: 117 Member
    46.... And that was before I went back to running regularly. Always had a low resting heart rate, always had low blood pressure (100/60 give or take).

    This doesn't mean that I'm fit, as I certainly was NOT fit when those readings were taken about three months ago. It's just the way I've always been. I'd be interested to see if there has been much of a change now that I'm back to running/training 6 days a week.
  • MarshRoberts
    MarshRoberts Posts: 1 Member
    BPM: 45 (Recover time is fast also)
    BP: 106 / 65
    Height: 5'2"
    Weight: 150
    Activity Level: Bike, climb rock, ski, weight training, swim
    Age: 50

    I'm semi-retired, and I exercise a lot. I've always had low BP.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited January 2016
    Just realized I missed the other data points (sorry):

    Resting BPM: 48
    BP: 120/70 at physical appointment 18 days ago
    Height: 6'2"
    Weight: 251 pounds
    Age: 44
    Activity level: Sedentary daily life. Workout 6 days/week.
  • ltworide
    ltworide Posts: 342 Member
    Bpm: 56
    BP: not sure
    Height: 5'3"
    Weight:130
    Age:48
    Activity level: office job but put in 15k+ steps/day, weight train & cardio 5 days/week
  • G8rRay
    G8rRay Posts: 89 Member
    Resting BPM: 42 (yesterday: 45)
    BP: 103/54 (yesterday: 98/51)
    Wgt: 145.8 lb (yesterday: 146.4 lb)
    Hgt: 68"
    Age: 71
    Activity: Active (running and, occasionally, weight training)
  • krdews
    krdews Posts: 124 Member
    BPM - 61
    BP - 110/70
    H - 5'2"
    WT- 129 (today) up 4 lbs from the holiday indulgences
    52 yo
    Activity - sedentary during the day; workout everyday at least an hour; runner. I can run 8 miles any day of the week - max 14.5 miles. I do more cardio than weights.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    Resting BPM: Not tested. Somewhere below 60 - I'm at 60 sitting on the couch for a few seconds.
    BP: Don't remember. I know it's on the low side but still in normal range.
    Height: 5'3
    Weight: 119lbs
    Age: 41
    Activity level: marathon training, normally 25-30 miles per week

    I do have a very high max HR and high HRs when I exercise. The 220-age formula is totally off for me. My hour-long runs are 175+ pretty much the whole time. I'm easily able to hold a conversation using full sentences. I only start getting winded when I'm in the high 190's, low 200's for a little while.

    FWIW, I've had EKGs and a sonogram done ('monitoring' a birth defect I was diagnosed with when I was 3 - when I was in my 20's a sonogram showed the diagnosis was wrong). Heart's perfectly normal. Stroke volume not unusually low. Heart rate when not exercising is like any one else's.

    So not looking forward to the inevitable freak-out when I do my first stress test, whenever that usually is. Fifties?
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    Mine's in the 50's, but I take an extended-release beta-blocker for migraines, palpitations and heart rate ;)
    5'6", 133. BP good but I never remember it.
    Not very aerobically active, I hate to say.
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    BPM: 62 (used to be lower when I was more active and 20 pounds lighter)
    BP: no idea. it was good when I had physical in June 2015.
    Height: 5'4
    Weight: 140lbs
    Age: 28
    Activity level: desk job. workout (weights and cardio) 3 days a week
  • alyssagb1
    alyssagb1 Posts: 353 Member
    Resting HR-60bmp (from 86)
    Unknown blood pressure
    Height:5'9
    Weight-170
    Active
    Age-25
  • JACave21
    JACave21 Posts: 34 Member
    BPM: 48
    Height: 6'0
    Weight: 11 st 1 lb (155lb)
    Age: 23
    Activity level: Moderate. Exercise 5 days a week sometimes twice a day
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    Resting Heart Rate 53
    BP 118/78
    Height 5'2-3/4"
    Weight 130 (give or take)
    Age 64
    Activity level Moderate
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
    edited January 2016
    Resting Heart Rate: 45-48
    BP: 112/67
    Height: 5'7-3/4"
    Weight: 165 (give or take)
    Age: 48
    Activity level: Moderate (9-12 hrs a week => cycling ~150-200 miles/wk)
  • ZombieSlayer
    ZombieSlayer Posts: 369 Member
    myssjaxson wrote: »
    For you runners/athletes and for those who just began couch to 5k (like me). Just curious, what's your heart rate at rest?
    Also include height, weight and activity level, if you know your blood pressure, why not? if you guys don't mind indulging a future med students curiosity.

    BPM: 66
    BP: 104/72
    Height: 5'4
    Weight: 201lbs
    Age: 40
    Activity level: Sedentary job, lightly active evenings... I'm still working back up to C25K.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    For me:
    BPM: 65
    BP: not sure but "very good"
    Height: 6'1"
    Weight: 165lbs
    Age: 38
    Activity level: Moderate

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