Heart Rate at Rest
09-03-09, 02:17 PM
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Heart Rate at Rest
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What is everyone's heart rate at rest?
45 BPM here.
What is everyone's heart rate at rest?
45 BPM here.
09-03-09, 02:20 PM
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If I get REAL relaxed, and a mean very relaxed, I've seen mine as low as 42...but for very short intervals.
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not really, it's probably pretty avg among folks that ride lots. i know it's pretty average among the guys I ride with.
It also changes throughout the year. It's usually upper 30's through racing season, low 40's from December-February. But it hasn't been above 45 as long as I can remember, though I'm just a youngin at 36.
It also changes throughout the year. It's usually upper 30's through racing season, low 40's from December-February. But it hasn't been above 45 as long as I can remember, though I'm just a youngin at 36.
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And in my own personal experience, my own fluctuation have more to do with my metabolism than anything about my current fitness. My lowest rhr was from a time when I wasn't eating enough and my body was basically in starvation mode. I'm far more fit now and my rhr is generally higher.
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Mine was 48 the other night, but it was right after dinner and I'd been up and about.
Just got a HRM for my birthday and am curious to sleep with it on to see what it really is when waking up...This is down from the low-70s a while ago though, so I think it's heading in the right direction.
Just got a HRM for my birthday and am curious to sleep with it on to see what it really is when waking up...This is down from the low-70s a while ago though, so I think it's heading in the right direction.
09-03-09, 03:27 PM
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Sitting here - 60, just waking up in bed - 48/50. Used to be 10 clicks higher overall before I started riding regularly. I'm 50 yo and in the best cardio shape of my adult life.
Went to a concert at an outdoor venue last weekend and our seats were way up on the hill, and to get there everyone had to walk. For me it was a snap, but just about everyone around me faded fast, did lots of huffing and puffing, especially those who looked like they weren't fit, plus those in their 40's and above. However, the skinny 20 year olds kicked my rear.
Went to a concert at an outdoor venue last weekend and our seats were way up on the hill, and to get there everyone had to walk. For me it was a snap, but just about everyone around me faded fast, did lots of huffing and puffing, especially those who looked like they weren't fit, plus those in their 40's and above. However, the skinny 20 year olds kicked my rear.
09-03-09, 03:40 PM
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Mine was fairly low when I used to have issues standing up too fast. Fell to the floor a few times while being dizzy.
I think 41 was my last recorded rate at my doc. Matters not.
I think 41 was my last recorded rate at my doc. Matters not.
09-03-09, 04:06 PM
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That's what I try to tell myself, but the reality is that I've never worked hard enough since when I'm with comparable riders (i.e. Freds) and think to ask, our active HR's are usually reasonably close. I just took my pulse and it was 60 -- I never get numbers below 50.
On the good side, I have to kill myself to get my pulse reasonably high and it drops like a rock the instant I let off.
On the good side, I have to kill myself to get my pulse reasonably high and it drops like a rock the instant I let off.
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and if you want to see where this thread is headed, check this one out: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ing+heart+rate
and if you want to see where this thread is headed, check this one out: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ing+heart+rate
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I've seen it as low as 44. 48 last time I checked.
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Between 45-50 depending on the time of day.
But like others mentioned, it doesn't mean a whole lot.
Unless your into bradycardia.
But like others mentioned, it doesn't mean a whole lot.
Unless your into bradycardia.
09-03-09, 05:39 PM
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I have Bradiacardia, 34 bpm
Interestingly enough a really low resting pulse can actually correlate to an increased systolic blood pressure.
Interestingly enough a really low resting pulse can actually correlate to an increased systolic blood pressure.
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mine is high all the time. I'm like a jack rabbit.
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Change up. Per the 2 x 20 thread in the training and nutrition forum, and based on MHR, has anyone had to trick out their HRM so they stay in the zone? I figured my average HR during one of my normal 30 mile rides is 165. Based on that, my max is about 207 at .8 percent efficiency. It made no sense letting the Polar do it. Afterall, I'd hit my max pumping up my tires or crossing an intracoastal bridge.... I know I'm wandering here, but what's the overal significance of RH or MHR? Should I let the Polar tell me that .8 of my HRM is like 142 and ride to that? I'd be slower than I already am..... And if I stay in that zone of 142, what is the benefit if any? FWIW, I'm around 212 lbs and shooting for 195. I can ride at 185MHR at times... Sorry for the meandering here, just looking for info.
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