With My Fitness Coach for the Wii, they have you do something like a fitness analysis. Now while I realize these are just guesstimates or what have you, it read my resting heart rate as 48. They have you sit and relax for 30 seconds, then count your pulse via the radial artery on your wrist or at your carotid artery in your neck, I chose the neck. Is 48 too low? It surely seems it to me but I am no expert .
How long is the measurement? 60 seconds? Are you sure you were counting accurately? That's a pretty athletic HR level, especially considering that this wasn't a true "Resting" rate (you'd have to get it first thing in the morning, before you got out of bed, for that).
She has you count for 15 seconds, I believe. Starting with zero. The time is kept on the game and it lets you know when to stop counting. You then enter in the number you counted and it calculates your RHR. When I did it last week, I got 54. I will try it again when I wake up in the morning, if I can remember
World class athletes have ambient HR's in the 40-50 bpm range...Lance Armstrong's is 38, i believe... What you took was your Ambient HR, or your HR when you are relaxed but alert...resting HR is taken first thing in the am, as mentioned above, before you get out of bed...
"Our ambient heart rate is that measurement when you are sitting, relaxed, sedentary and it should be around 70 BPM for most people. In general, the lower your ambient rate, the better because this means your heart is stronger and with fewer beats can pump more blood. World-class athletes have ambient heart rates in the 40's and 50 BPM range."http://exercizermaximizer.com/Heart_Rate_Calculator.html
Mine went from High 80s down to high 40s / low 50s just from working out over the past 2 years. Everyone is different and having one in the 40s isn't uncommon if your very fit and don't have any other symptoms even if you're still overweight. Try doing a google search about resting Heart rate I was just looking this up a few nights ago so I know there is lots of info out there.
BTW Not having a low one doesn't mean your not fit either since it's a genetic thing.
That is pretty low but it's not necessarily bad at all. My husbands is about 60 and he never works out. Mine used to be 100 but it's slowed to about 90 these days.
Mine was 45 the other day... I was in shock. I think it's the intensity that helps with that. I didn't notice a huge decrease until I started running. Now I get dizzy if I stand up quickly because of the change in BP.
Low HR can be because of a medical condition too though but the websites I read (american heart association etc) said if no other symptoms it's fine.
I seem to be feeling pretty dang good, most definitely . I just had not seen my own rhr that low and I didn't want to be dying or something like that . Thanks again
It's partly genetic. When I was overweight and sedentary, my RHR ran in the 60's. Now, it's in the 40's -- I'm much fitter than I was, but don't consider myself to be world class or anything! I've actually freaked out people a little bit when being health-screened (like, for donating blood), because heart rates that low in non-athletes can be considered pathological. But, then I explain that I'm a distance runner, and that explains it!
If you're feeling good, then I wouldn't worry about it.
According to the site posted above that mkroyer posted - "Your Resting Heart Rate (RHR) is measured when you first wake up in the morning before you get out of bed. Take your resting pulse three mornings in a row, add all of them together, and divide by 3. The lower the number the better. Common resting heart rate numbers are in the 50-60s."
Sorry for asking silly questions
Now, if I have a HRM (polar F6), do I need to also measure it 3 days in a row? Also, how long do I have to wait to know whether that's my number? I noticed every time I move the number goes up and down (I'm talking slight movement). Thanks
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