What's your Resting Heart Rate

jaymeventers
jaymeventers Posts: 8 Member
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I've recently got a heart rate watch and was kinda shocked at my numbers...seems kinda low. Curious what the norm is. What your RHR?
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  • jaymeventers
    jaymeventers Posts: 8 Member
    My average for last week is 55
  • RunsWithBees
    RunsWithBees Posts: 1,508 Member
    44, occasionally lower but usually 44. I’ve gotten incredulous looks from nurses when I set off the monitor alarm and they see it’s so low and I tell them no, I’m not feeling faint or dizzy :D
  • dp82686
    dp82686 Posts: 1 Member
    I feel mine is low too, it's around 55.
  • Ashley010113
    Ashley010113 Posts: 5 Member
    Mine changes.. some weeks its low 60s and some is mid 70s... its interesting
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    edited July 2018
    56, which puts me in the "athlete" category as a 46-year-old woman.

    https://www.topendsports.com/testing/heart-rate-resting-chart.htm

    ETA @monkeefan1974 I hear that. I had surgery recently and the monitor went off when my heartrate dropped below 40. The nurse got on the phone for a cardiologist and then turned to me and said, "He's asking if you're a runner." I'm not, but I walk around 2 hours every day. Once that information was relayed, he said that it was probably nothing.

    (It should be noted that I was asymptomatic. Nobody panicked; there was no voice over the intercom announcing a "Code [Color]")

    And that was when I found out my RHR was 56.
  • nelja
    nelja Posts: 282 Member
    Between 70-75.It came down a lot since i have started cycling.Then it was between 90-100.I do have a very high heart rate.
  • Justn83
    Justn83 Posts: 5,226 Member
    56
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    43-45 when im not smoking, 50-55 when i am. Stupid me.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,129 Member
    edited July 2018
    Around 65 when exercising regularly, when I am lazy or ill tends to rise up to about 70.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    78-90. Mine is always a bit high
  • hipari
    hipari Posts: 1,367 Member
    60-65 normally, 65-70 when stressed, sick or hungover.
  • jaymeventers
    jaymeventers Posts: 8 Member
    monkeefan1974 wrote: »
    44, occasionally lower but usually 44. I’ve gotten incredulous looks from nurses when I set off the monitor alarm and they see it’s so low and I tell them no, I’m not feeling faint or dizzy :D

    Thanks for sharing. I've had some super low rates too. Over the last two weeks one RHR was 42 and another 35. Was like WTH! How? I think it has a lot to do with genetics. I also cycle.

    I have been dizzy everyday for the last month which is why I got the watch. I'm never dizzy when I'm resting though...happens every time I stand or sit up when I'm moderately active with a higher pulse (90-120). Does that happen to you?
  • Go_Deskercise
    Go_Deskercise Posts: 1,630 Member
    Low 60's
  • jaymeventers
    jaymeventers Posts: 8 Member
    rainbow198 wrote: »
    High 40's - low 50's.

    My resting heart rate used to be in the mid 90's when I first started losing weight 6 and a half years ago.

    Wow! Huge drop! That's amazing
  • jaymeventers
    jaymeventers Posts: 8 Member
    nelja wrote: »
    Between 70-75.It came down a lot since i have started cycling.Then it was between 90-100.I do have a very high heart rate.

    That's a huge drop! You're killing it. It's great to see someone else who cycles :smile:
  • Clobern80
    Clobern80 Posts: 714 Member
    Before January of 2018 (which is when I started making a change) my RHR was 65-69

    Now it is 48-49
  • divcara
    divcara Posts: 357 Member
    50-51. I have a pretty low resting heart rate now. My resting heart rate was around 72 a few years before I started making changes and would get up to 172 in the first 3 minutes of exercise! Now it's a struggle to hit those zones.
  • Anna022119
    Anna022119 Posts: 547 Member
    60
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    High 40's to low 50's most of the time. In the winter probably mid-40's since I do a lot of HIIT on machines indoors. Goes up slightly in the Summer since I run outside more and do weight training inside and less HIIT.
  • teranga79
    teranga79 Posts: 202 Member
    Mid 50s usually, into the mid 60s in the few days before totm.
  • vegaspack
    vegaspack Posts: 30 Member
    Mine is 77 to 83 bpm. Trying to bring it down a bit but stress is high
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    About 48 since I started running. It was sometimes up in the 90s when I was obese, dropped to about 60 when I lost weight, then dropped again when I started running.
  • RunsWithBees
    RunsWithBees Posts: 1,508 Member
    jaymeventers wrote: »
    monkeefan1974 wrote: »
    44, occasionally lower but usually 44. I’ve gotten incredulous looks from nurses when I set off the monitor alarm and they see it’s so low and I tell them no, I’m not feeling faint or dizzy :D

    Thanks for sharing. I've had some super low rates too. Over the last two weeks one RHR was 42 and another 35. Was like WTH! How? I think it has a lot to do with genetics. I also cycle.

    I have been dizzy everyday for the last month which is why I got the watch. I'm never dizzy when I'm resting though...happens every time I stand or sit up when I'm moderately active with a higher pulse (90-120). Does that happen to you?

    I agree that it probably has a lot to do with genetics as much as with fitness. My RHR was 44 when I was unfit and it’s still 44 now that I’m a runner. The difference for me is when I was unfit it took me 5 minutes or more to recover from any exertion (even a couple of flights of stairs had me gasping for breath) and now I can run miles and miles and my heart rate can go from the 170’s back down to the 60’s in about 30 seconds. I sometimes get the brief lightheadedness that happens if I’m resting and I get up too fast but it’s very, very mild.

    I’ll tell you what my doctor told me... he said in this case numbers alone don’t mean much, especially isolated numbers. It’s the general trend and numbers ACCOMPANIED BY SYMPTOMS that requires further investigation. Definitely mention it to your doctor and find out if there is any reason to be concerned, especially if the symptoms are affecting your quality of life.
  • vinram26
    vinram26 Posts: 3 Member
    Mine is usually around 55.
  • rodmelching
    rodmelching Posts: 67 Member
    46 according to apple watch . . probably not the most accurate RHR reading. Been running consistently for a few years now. Recently set off the low heart rate alarm on a ER visit . . which was a cool feeling . . not recommending trips to the ER to check your heart rate. LOL
  • marcee1989
    marcee1989 Posts: 3 Member
    Between 44-50 resting - Should I be worried ?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    71
  • Clobern80
    Clobern80 Posts: 714 Member
    marcee1989 wrote: »
    Between 44-50 resting - Should I be worried ?

    Only if it stays low and you have other symptoms such as dizziness, feeling faint, etc.

    When the doctor saw how low mine was, that was what they asked me... if I felt those things. Since I don't, they weren't worried.
  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    edited July 2018
    Fitbit average is 42, my heart rate will go into the 30's occasionally. Is your BP low? Im usually hypotensive

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