Resting heart rate...

Bradders87

What's yours? Let's have a good e-penis waving session - I'm keen to see what you guys that take their cycling seriously have, mine's around the 55-60 mark.
Or am I way off the mark of it being an indication of fitness/potential performance?

Murr X

Bradders87 wrote:

What's yours? Let's have a good e-penis waving session - I'm keen to see what you guys that take their cycling seriously have, mine's around the 55-60 mark.
Or am I way off the mark of it being an indication of fitness/potential performance?

Hi Bradders,

There is often some correlation between resting HR and fitness but it is in no way indicative of aerobic capability. Usually aerobic athletes will have a lower RHR than most of the population but not always.

Mine was actually higher at my fittest that it had been prior to that, make of that what you wish but it is of little to no importance in reality. I do still measure it from time to time purely out of interest rather than for any relevant reason at all, and couple of years back even slept with my HRM belt attached and SRM powercontrol beside me on the bed to record the info. Again I was just interested to see how my HR fluctuated during the night and I still have that SRM file saved with a lovely graph on my laptop computer (not this one).

For the curious 44bpm for me at night in bed (rested and relaxed) about a month ago when last checked. By memory 45bpm avg for about 7 hours through the night on that occasion, but its is not worth fussing over whatever it may be.

Murr X

Splottboy

For many, many years, mine resting "was" 42 bpm

Then, hitting the big 1/2 hundred, it's went to around 50 ish.

Staying there so far...

jibberjim

Bradders87 wrote:

Or am I way off the mark of it being an indication of fitness/potential performance?

You're way off. Within an individual your resting heart rate is an indication of your fitness - ie if last year you had a resting heart rate of 70 and now it's 50, you've got fitter. But you cannot compare it between individuals other than obviously someone grossly unfit and someone very fit will likely have a relatively high and a relatively low HR. But it's meaningless.

daveydave43

resting heart rate will also differ with the age and metabolism of said person
therefore it's unreliable to compare to other people
for the record, im 18 and resting H/r of 44

however, resting H/r can be of some use if you check it regularly. - it can then indictate whether you may be fighting infection, stressed, or overtraining, if it rises a significant amount in a short time span.

freehub

My resting is around 39-42 some days it's different number.

I have being told, if it is 5bpm higher than usual, it could mean you are coming down with something.

MikeWW

Hmm
Getting on a bit at 47 but resting heart rate i.e taken when lying down last week (for an ECG) was 36. Max I get to is 190

hopper1

I'm 48 and range from +/-42bpm at rest, to 191bpm max...

tim_wand

Did nt the MIG (Hindurain) have a resting heart rate of only 27 bpm and a V02 Max in the
Eighties. Anything Below 40 is considered Brachicardia and usually indicative of a massive stroke volume ( in larged capacity of left ventricul to deliver more blood) thus the heart is required to beat less to supply the oxygenated blood the muscles require.

furrag

I'm 24. When I took up exercise, my RHR was a ridiculous 72bpm. It's now at 53bpm.

Yeah, I feel like the girl from Roger Sanchez's 'Another Chance' music video. (We all know Toto's version was better) 8)

CarleyB

ahem mine is 76 :oops: but its getting better... and its better than it was. But unlike you fella's my bodies been through the mill, 4 kids later... and quite a bit of cake too lol

kettrinboy

i,m 47 my RHR ranges from 38-44 and max is 180

anto164

I'm 23, and have a resting HR of 53bpm, maxing out at 197bpm (As high as i've been able to get it with my HRM).

My normal average riding HR is normally around about the 160bpm mark.

rc856

I'll have to check my RHR but I hit 196bpm going up Gleniffer Braes in Paisley (for those who are local) today.

I'm 37 and according to the 'guide' about 220 minus your age, my max should be 183.

Pretty much just a guide then?

stratcat

I'm 41 my RHR has been between 49-52bpm this week.

furrag

It is just a guide, RC856.

My maximum heart rate should be 196bpm according to the [loose] formula, but I hit 209bpm when running. 190bpm is my cycling MHR.

benno68

I'm 41, resting heart rate 55, max heart rate so far 184 - but should push harder!

the_big_gun

RHR 39. Not sure of my max cycling HR, but rowing it was 202bpm. I'm 29.

Just out of interest, but is a very low resting HR going to push up your blood pressure due to each beat being much bigger than what would be expected??

softlad

Furrag wrote:

My maximum heart rate should be 196bpm according to the [loose] formula, but I hit 209bpm when running. 190bpm is my cycling MHR.

by definition, you only have one max heart rate....it's not physically possible to have two...

doyler78

softlad wrote:

Furrag wrote:

My maximum heart rate should be 196bpm according to the [loose] formula, but I hit 209bpm when running. 190bpm is my cycling MHR.

by definition, you only have one max heart rate....it's not physically possible to have two...

MaxHR is very often expressed as the maximum heart rate that you can sustain for that sport and as the max often varies between sports then it is perfectly acceptable to express this as Furrag has. If you think about it this is the most logical way of expressing it otherwise you will basing heart rate zones of a metric which is probably irrelevant to your sport unless it just happens to be the one that elicits your maximum heart rate across all sports

ut_och_cykla

RHR 48
max 187
age 49
no penis last time I looked :oops:

thedirge

ut_och_cykla wrote:

RHR 48
max 187
age 49
no penis last time I looked :oops:

check down the back of the couch.

softlad

doyler78 wrote:

MaxHR is very often expressed as the maximum heart rate that you can sustain for that sport and as the max often varies between sports then it is perfectly acceptable to express this as Furrag has. If you think about it this is the most logical way of expressing it otherwise you will basing heart rate zones of a metric which is probably irrelevant to your sport unless it just happens to be the one that elicits your maximum heart rate across all sports

no seriously - you only have one 'maximum' heart rate. It would make more sense to investigate why his MHR can be achieved while running, but cannot be achieved on a pushbike....

cougie

Different sports have different Max Heart Rates. Running utilises more muscles - therefore higher max.

doyler78

Here's a source of more information on the topic written by Sally Edwards who wrote the book on heart rate training. Whether she is an expert or not well that's for others to decide. I just do the reading.

http://www.howtobefit.com/determine-max ... t-rate.htm

softlad

all I'm saying is that your heart only has one 'maximum' figure. I don't see anything there to contradict that, probably because it cannot be contradicted.....

doyler78

softlad wrote:

all I'm saying is that your heart only has one 'maximum' figure. I don't see anything there to contradict that, probably because it cannot be contradicted.....

It clearly states that swimmers have lower heart rates because of the conditions that swimming efficiently put on them and that too is the same argument used for cyclists ie because we use primarly only our lower body muscle groups that we put less physical strain on our hearts.

I'll repeat the main point of what I'm saying which is that if you can't attain a higher heart rate whilst doing your sport efficiently then knowing what you could achieve in another sport which gives you a higher heart rate is irrelevant therefore in the context of sport maximum heart rate should be considered sport specific if it is to be relevant.

I haven't disagreed that there can only be one maximum heart when you consider the maximum you can sustain across all sports its just that it is irrelevant if you wish to train by it and as this is a cycling related training forum then furrag was correct to point out that using figures from other sports is pretty irrelevant.

Norky

CarleyB wrote:

but its getting better... and its better than it was. But unlike you fella's my bodies been through the mill

Sorry, I know my pedantry is rude but that poor abused apostrophe...

You should have written the above like this:
"but it's getting better... and it's better than it was. But unlike you fellas my body's been through the mill".

Yeah, I know, I will win myself no friends for correcting that.

furrag

softlad wrote:

Furrag wrote:

My maximum heart rate should be 196bpm according to the [loose] formula, but I hit 209bpm when running. 190bpm is my cycling MHR.

by definition, you only have one max heart rate....it's not physically possible to have two...

Of course you can only have one overall maximum. However in terms of being sport specific, your maximum heart rate will vary from activity to activity. This isn't opinion, but empirically proven through countless studies. To give you just one example;

http://www.cptips.com/maxhrsc.htm

The in-text citation of the formulae are also referenced in the footnotes.

legin

rhr 50
mhr 180
age 44

doyler78

Well mine for what it is worth is:

rhr: 41bpm
mhr: 198bpm
age: 37