Resting heart rate...

CarleyB

Norky wrote:

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.

you've spent too much time in the cake stop

Garz

Are people taking their lowest reached RHR for the duration?

I ask because if I try I can get it as low as say 48 but thats really trying, whereby if I just take the average it settles around 52.

I would therefore say my RHR was 52 and not 48 as I wanted to look better on paper/forums. 8)

* Finishes stirring *

ut_och_cykla

Re: different heartrates for different sports. I believe (ie don't know) that its to do with body position rather than muscle amount used. More upright, higher max i.e. running highest, then cykling, then swimming. It's something I've noticed on the turbo too - sit upp and pedal a while till pulse settles then go onto the drops and maintain same speed/wattage - pulse falls - because (I think) the heart doent have to work so hard to supply blood to brain.
The muscle amount used doen't really work for me - someone swimming butterfly is using a lot of muscle.....

doyler78

ut_och_cykla wrote:

Re: different heartrates for different sports. I believe (ie don't know) that its to do with body position rather than muscle amount used. More upright, higher max i.e. running highest, then cykling, then swimming. It's something I've noticed on the turbo too - sit upp and pedal a while till pulse settles then go onto the drops and maintain same speed/wattage - pulse falls - because (I think) the heart doent have to work so hard to supply blood to brain.
The muscle amount used doen't really work for me - someone swimming butterfly is using a lot of muscle.....

I've found the opposite. Heart rate rises in the drops and lowers on tops. I always put that done to better breathing when more upright - ie not so closed. Same on gym bike. :?

softlad

Garz wrote:

I ask because if I try I can get it as low as say 48 but thats really trying, whereby if I just take the average it settles around 52.

I would therefore say my RHR was 52 and not 48 as I wanted to look better on paper/forums. 8)

* Finishes stirring *

I can get mine lower than that by holding my breath...

CarleyB

softlad wrote:

Garz wrote:

I ask because if I try I can get it as low as say 48 but thats really trying, whereby if I just take the average it settles around 52.

I would therefore say my RHR was 52 and not 48 as I wanted to look better on paper/forums. 8)

* Finishes stirring *

I can get mine lower than that by holding my breath...

Moontrane

Before I started riding in earnest 9 years ago, it was 68. Now it’s 48 in my late 40’s.

Stevie2wheels

Age 41 RHR of mid 50's.

Altough RHR is no way indicative of a healthy heart! It just means the heart is working less hard due to it being stronger. Just look at Kim Kirchen? I'm sure he had a RHR that was low, but he had an underlying heart problem.

I myself have an "abnormal" ECG whereby I have RBBB. Right Bundle Branch Block! Although not life threating it means I have abnormal conduction pathways in my myocardium.

Only found this out after we were bored one night (I'm a nurse in A&E) and we all decided to do ECG's on each other :shock:

Stevie.

Headhuunter

Mine varies between 40 and 50. In the morning, just after getting up, brushing my teeth, getting my bag for work ready, I sit down and watch a bit of telly with a cuppa before heading off to work on the bike. That's when I usually record my lowest rate at about 40ish, although once it was something like 39. At work, sitting at my desk it's higher - more like 50 or so. Not sure about MHR - never tested it. I'm 37.

popette

rhr - 36 (lowest ever recorded for me)
max hr - 169
age 36

da goose

Min 36 (saw 35 briefly the other day?)
Max Since chronic fatigue I dont want to know, but seen 180 rowing 174 biking 171 running
Old bugger 40 in the sights but not yet on target.


For what its worth I try to keep h/r av low these days especially on the bike, as running will always push up higher anyway.

chunkycyclist

I follow my heart rate quite religiously from RHR, to MHR during my running & cycling sessions. The post exercise recovery rate is probably a better heart rate indicator of fitness, though I am sure someone out there will tell me why not :-)

41 yrs old and ave RHR is 42. When I started years ago I was unfit and overweight and RHR was 67 then.
I do find it easier to keep a higher heart rate running than cycling, but I suppose that makes sense as cycling is a low impact activity and running incorporates more muscle groups.

Not sure the rule of thumb MHR calc work well as mine should be sub 180, but have managed 208. Probably not too be repeated too often though.

sampras38

I've just turned 40 and on average my RHR is around 43/44/45, and I've never seen anything higher than 193 on the max. Before more serious cycling I hovvered around the 55/60 mark, although was always into fitness and sport of some kind, just not so much of the aerobic types.

Your maximum, as far as I know, has absolutely nothing to do with your level of fitness and is something you are born with.

CarleyB

CarleyB wrote:

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

Mines now 61

love2ride

I'm 15 and my lowest rhr recorded is 42bpm after a rest day. It's usually around 45bpm though. My max is about 204- 205 on the bike.

anto164

anto164 wrote:

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.

As an update, i sprinted up a 300m long 10pc in the big ring today, and hit a new MHR or 201bpm.

Don't think i'll be doing that for a while, as it took a good 3-4 miles to recover

warrior4life

34 yrs old
Resting HR 48bpm
Max 198 bpm

snailracer

Furrag wrote:

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...

There is also an even higher maximum heart rate, the one you reach when being chased by angry dogs...

deal

Resting 50bpm
Maximum - 212 (never tested so could be higher, this was my maximum from a ride today)

term1te

I can defiantly see a correlation with my fitness. In the winter my resting HR is around 44, but yesterday sat down with the HRM on before going out for a ride and it was 39. Never measured it first thing in the morning. I've also noticed that during the summer I suffer from postural hypotension a lot worse than I do in the winter. I sometimes stand up and nearly black out. I like to put this down to being fitter with lower blood pressure and a slower resting heart rate?

I had a blood test last year and the nurse checked my blood pressure at the same time. My heart rate was 43, which she commented on. She told me that some people's HR actually falls in slightly stressful situations. To me anything involving a needle is a slightly stressful situation.

freehub

Term1te wrote:

I sometimes stand up and nearly black out. I like to put this down to being fitter with lower blood pressure and a slower resting heart rate?

I get that, apparently it is due to a being fitter. Once though it happened whilst standing up, I just came back form a short and hardish ride on the bike, did not really eat much that day, anyway I was stood there, and suddenly everything started failing, first it was my hearing, all started echoing, then I was struggling to stand up, then dizzy, then blackness, and apparently I was on the floor shaking for a short time.

fastercyclist

I'm 22 with 53 bpm. It was 42 earlier in March when I was more in form. Quite out of shape right now to be honest. Max of 218. Seen it go higher on the HR monitor but I don't believe it's 230

I get the feeling faint when suddenly standing up thing now as well, never used to have it. Not as bad as Willhub is experiencing though.

blackhands

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.....

Depends on how you define it. I prefer the term maximal heart rate (but then I'm an exercise physiologist).

Here's a quote

“the mode of exercise will affect maximal heart rate”
American College of Sports Medicine’s Advanced Exercise Physiology

Peddle Up!

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...

Unless you're Dr Who.

plankton_brain

age 41
RHR normally 45,46. At the moment digesting colosal cheesecake and sipping 4th glass of wine its about 58.
MHR reached new level of 188 this week on gym bike at hotel completeing a CTT style field test.

seemunkee

RHR 53 same as my age
Max 179 I wonder if my BP meds limits that in anyway?

bisoner

Age - 39
RHR - lowest its been is 37. Sits happily at 40.
Max - 180 (this number was higher when I wasn't as fit earlier in the year)

cheers drive

Age 34
RHR 42 (from wearing a 24hr ecg monitor)
Max 204 (stress test ecg by a cardiologist)

love2ride

+1 for getting dizzy when you stand up.

Once I did it, fainted and hit my head on a table and couldn't train for a few days because my neck was so sore!

term1te

Once went on business to San Francisco. After a long flight and drive to the hotel I went to bed after a couple of beers. Woke up in the night got up and promptly went dizzy and fell over. Hit my chin on the sink surround which cracked with an all mighty bang. Found myself on the floor convinced I'd been shot. Gun shot sound combined with being in the US seconds before you hit the ground, it was sort of logical. I lay there for some time before realising I hadn't been shot. Next morning I went to a local shop for some super glue to mend the sink. I got a way with that, but had a lovely bruise and cut on my chin all week and a terrible stiff neck, looked like I'd been in a fight.