Resting heart rate

[smutchin]

I'm another with a naturally very low resting HR, though it wasn't so low after I'd boozed and ate my way through my 20s and most of my 30s. Don't know what it is now but I've shed a fair bit of weight and got a lot fitter in the last six months and I've definitely noticed an improvement in my recovery rate after riding up hills - although riding up hills doesn't send my HR soaring like it used to anyway.

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[jay clock]

mine around 39-41 if genuinely at rest. I am very fit from triathlons and train every day (currently following coach's rules and having one rest day). When massively overweight and unfit it was much higher

 

[lulubel]

Mine's about 70, and doesn't seem to have changed since I got fitter. I have noticed my recovery time is much faster, though.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Dunno. Haven't check my waking HR in ages.

Sitting in a curry house last sunday night drinking cobra, eating a lamb madras, and having an animated conversation about the worth and accuracy of android apps that use the phone's camera to measure heart rate mine was 55 bpm. apparently.

 

[avsd]

Mine's is 45 - "heart of an athlete in the body of a slob"

 

[lukesdad]

Sure some of you lot are still breathing ?

 

[broomwagon]

In bed mines in the mid fifties, when the wife gets in, 45

 

[fossyant]

Mine's about 70, and doesn't seem to have changed since I got fitter. I have noticed my recovery time is much faster, though.

Which is great. The recovery is key.

Low hr is just an indicator, my clubmate had a very low resting, but his max was no where near mine, I had a bigger range. He was older than me. Meant nothing as we were very similar.

 

[fossyant]

In bed mines in the mid fifties, when the wife gets in, 45

LOL thought you'd say 25...

 

[The Brewer]

New app says mines 55, for a fat forty two year old I'm quite happy with that.

I've a heart monitor watch in a draw somewhere might put if on for a few rides

 

[montage]

mine is 11, better than everyone elses.

 

[cyberknight]

About 45 last time i checked , i really need to cycle more and spend less time sat on my ass on CC

 

[Andrew_P]

So when does a low resting HR move from being fit or genetic to bradycardia needing treatment?

 

[The Brewer]

I seem to be obsessed with this with my lowest being 50 first thing

 

[Willo]

Mine has been around 60 for 2/3 years now (just manually checked it at 58). I figure the fact it's staying there as I get older (I'm approaching 43) is equivalent to an improvement