Resting HR

il_principe
il_principe Posts: 9,155
edited March 2009 in Commuting chat
Just wondering what other peeps resting Heart Rates are like? I was trying to get the HR function on the new Garmin working last night (hadn't enabled it in settings, doh) and found myself wondering.

So mine seems to be 45. That's lying on my sofa though, might try it at my desk this arvo! Not really sure what that means though, have to ask my Personal Trainer of a sister this evening!

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  • barrybaines
    barrybaines Posts: 273
    45 is very good. I think I measured mine at around 50 when "fully relaxed" but it tends to be about 65-70 just as I set off for a ride.
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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Mine seems to get down to 53 which is an improvement since I took up cycling, it used to be in upper 60's. Can't see it ever getting down to 45 in the same way as I can't ever see myself getting properly quick on a bike. I think plateau comes to mind for me now!
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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    barrybaines wrote:
    45 is very good. I think I measured mine at around 50 when "fully relaxed" but it tends to be about 65-70 just as I set off for a ride.

    Funnily mine tends to pop up to 65-70 normally when moving about but then as soon as I start to get ready for a ride it goes up 90. I get that excited about cycling :D
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  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    Checked this morning

    42

    @ 55 years of age
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I can see this turning into a "how big are your thighs?" debate...
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    You've a bit to go to get to the likes of Big Mig (28bpm) or the Cannibal (33bpm) ;)
    When I used to measure RHR (and when I was fitter) mine was low forties. Twas in the fifties then other day when I was waiting for my 705 to acquire satellites...
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    I can see this turning into a "how big are your thighs?" debate...
    And as meaningless. RHR and MHR are very personal. The whole 220-age thing for MHR is a load of bunkum
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    JonGinge wrote:
    You've a bit to go to get to the likes of Big Mig (28bpm) or the Cannibal (33bpm) ;)
    When I used to measure RHR (and when I was fitter) mine was low forties. Twas in the fifties then other day when I was waiting for my 705 to acquire satellites...

    Big Mig - supposedly had one of the lowest ever recorded in an athlete!

    Just clocked 50 at my desk, but 55-60 seems to be the norm. I remember my sister's boyf said his was down to 38 at one stage last year.

    Also:
    Checked this morning

    42

    @ 55 years of age

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    mine is about 47, though around 90 just sitting at my desk. Unfortunately my hrm keeps cutting out and is currently reading 230, so i think the batteries are going...
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    ride_whenever wrote:
    mine is about 47, though around 90 just sitting at my desk. Unfortunately my hrm keeps cutting out and is currently reading 230, so i think the batteries are going...
    Just out of interest which other internet sites are you looking at?
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    It's around the 42 mark atm. Gets down to 38/39 when I'm truly chilled and cold-free.
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    it is definitely the batteries going...

    I'm in the lab, so really, just no :?
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  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    JonGinge wrote:
    You've a bit to go to get to the likes of Big Mig (28bpm) or the Cannibal (33bpm) ;)
    When I used to measure RHR (and when I was fitter) mine was low forties. Twas in the fifties then other day when I was waiting for my 705 to acquire satellites...

    And Mig had lungs that were so big he looked he had a beer gut. I probably have the same thing then :wink:

    Dunno what my resting HR is but I was at 48 a couple of years ago, and when I'm waiting at the lights outside the office and press the button to start the HR monitor, its around 53. I think the important thing is what it will get up to, and this tails off with age. I rarely see anything above 170 these days..

    I might check it this weekend. Or maybe not, my daughter is bringing her boyfriend round. The one with the body art...
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    64 right now, but that's with a substantial hangover! It was 54 last time I measured it properly.
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I've seen over 200 doing a steep hill on my singlespeed roadie, god knows why it can get so high though...
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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    My lowest ever recorded was 39, which strangely was my age when I recorded it. Evidently I hit 201 on the way in today, although I find that hard to believe as I also recorded 63mph. I'll have to download the data tonight and see if the spikes occur at the same place. If not I'll have to completely re-asses where I thought my zones were :shock:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Shut it all of you, so what if my resting heart rate is 85 :?

    I managed 217 this week :shock:

    But of course I was very very drunk :lol:
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    James - it means you are very fit and also that if you give blood be careful when you stand up afterwards!

    My RHR is around 60 I think, though I haven't measured it lately. Lowest I ever saw it was 56, sitting in Waterstone's after riding to town.....
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    ride_whenever wrote:
    I've seen over 200 doing a steep hill on my singlespeed roadie, god knows why it can get so high though...

    I really struggle to get mine over 190. My tongue-hanging-out-of-the-mouth-but-can-just-about-hold-it HR is around 173.
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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    49 when the doc was checking my BP a week (or was it two) back when I had concussed myself. Doesn't resting HR decrease as you get older?

    In my super-fit days, my RHR wasn't much below 65 - but my younger self certainly would kick my a$$ solidly were I to come across him.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    60/80 my heart rate tends to wobble up and down, in my younger days I've hit 210 plus on the mtb climbing up one rock strewn track not the foggiest what it is now, not helped by the fact I hate wearing watches so heart rate straps is a no no
  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    I was measured at 48 in A&E when I was getting checked out after an off. Thought that I wouldn't be very relaxed at that point but may be endophins have a sedative effect :)
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    linsen wrote:
    James - it means you are very fit and also that if you give blood be careful when you stand up afterwards!

    That's more to do with low blood pressure. Been there, done that. On a treadmill in a hotel in NYC. Came round with a nasty bump on the back of my head and lots of people looking down at me.

    48 right now. Should be a bit lower first thing in the morning. Any sort of structured training gets it low to the low 40s or high 30s.

    I once left my HR monitor on all night to see what happens. Answer: for about three hours it sat around 28.

    Whilst you can affect RHR with exercise, I strongly suspect your "default" RHR is much more to do with genetics.
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Interestingly, i've found my lowest heartrate came when i was reading a "did lance dope?" thread in the roadie section...
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    You are ALL weird :shock:
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  • Petromyzon
    Petromyzon Posts: 221
    IME Caffeine can have a substantial effect too, even if you don't feel "wired".
  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    jashburnham wrote:
    Chapeau!
    Thank you Sir, although I suspect like many have written it doesn't mean all that much.
    Could mean I need a pacemaker :D
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  • Massimo
    Massimo Posts: 318
    My age and resting heart rate are the same: 41 :wink:
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