My resting heart rate was in the 90's when I was overweight. I lost 60lbs while getting back in to shape/ changing my diet and it dropped in to the 50's!
@Ayo yes increase cardio try to bring it down between 60 to 75 ... Right now it's working 20% more than it should. Nothing to worry though ... I recommend starting speed rope 1000 a day takes about 30 minutes a day. Try to atleast get in 5 days a week.
@Ayo its different for different people. Right now you might be nervous and always checking the hear rate which actually raises it by 10 beats on average because you are anxious. Heart is a muscle just like the rest and it needs to grow so it can pump more blood per pump so it works more efficiently and doesn't need to pump so many times in a minute... Cardio will decrease your heart beat. I recommend HIIT or skipping rope do it for a month to see some results. Make sure to rest and recover to prevent injury. Buy baby oil to massage yourself after excercise.. never forget to stretch and warmup before excercise....
I'm 68, doing (a lot of) sports for 50 years, resting heartrate is around 60, have no sickness. And I dring really a lot of coffee, for over 50 years ! (black, no sugar). I am so happy/lucky that I found my path to sports as a young man.
My average resting heartrate is around 43 bpm. I measure it every night. I used to be a diabetic - but took up cycling 3 years ago, lost most of the weight and reversed the diabetes
@@petyrkowalski9887in general you can reverse type 2 diabetes doing sports like hiking, walking and cycling consistently and eating better (healthier and doing things like intermittent fasting). Intermittent fasting may sound complicated but it’s just not starting eating just waking up and stop eating 2-3 hours before going to bed
@@Thatdudefresh I think you can reverse diabetes. I am diabetic and manage my diabetes without resorting to medications. My Hba1c dropped from 8.8 to 6.4 in two years with lifestyle changes. My fasting and PP were 100/122 a year ago when I weighed 68 Kg. Now I weigh 72 Kg and my fasting and PP numbers are 100/122. So, definitely, my beta cell functioning has improved a bit (~ 5 to 7%). That is why I can maintain the same blood glucose levels despite gaining four Kg in weight. Now, I agree with you that my drop in PP from 8.8 to 6.4 was largely driven by both reduced intake of food and increased physical activity. One can MANAGE blood glucose level (large part), and also make little gains in beta cell functions.
One thing I would like to add is fluctuation in women's RHR when they are going as they are going through their cycle. 5 beats more per minute in a woman might just mean she is in the last half of her cycle and I would be willing to bet that has an impact on how training efforts feel. When I noticed how reliably my RHR changes based on my cycle I was baffled and fascinated. It makes perfect sense, but also it might just screw up your using your RHR as in indicator for overtraining, illness, etc.
I agree, that's like the most important thing that should be mentioned about women. You can actually track when you'll ovulate/menstruate based on the graph!:)
49yo male, 6’-1”, 215 lbs, RHR of 80 just now. I’ve been getting back into shape since July (1 hr calisthenics for 3x/week), and finally started running again (3x/week) after not running since 2013! with a goal of completing a 10k race in March. This channel is great, so much info and motivation.
Mine is normally around 40 - 42, but gets recorded lower during the night by my Garmin most nights. I recorded 37 in an ECG in a pre op before a hernia op a few years ago, the Nurse was so worried, she called a Doctor in, the doctor checked me out and said to keep doing what I was doing! I'm 52, so, happy with it being so low.
I recorded 28 whilst sleeping wearing an ECG and ordinary have a resting rate now days (age 60) of low 40’s and only two weeks ago recorded 35 sleeping whilst being monitored in hospital.
@@orangew3988 I am 74 and compete in kayak marathon at a modest level. After stomach surgery and 10 days of resting recovery, my 7-day average resting HR has now dropped from 38 to 35 bpm. Last year after aorta surgery my HR dropped to 28 while in the ward, and the hospital junior electro-cardiologist was talking about a Pacemaker. After the Big Chief Cardiologist from another hospital was sent for, he had a chat about my training etc, and said no need for a pacemaker. My own Cardiologist flipped when he heard about talk of a pacemaker!! PS: I had open heart surgery in 2003 with a quadruple bypass.
I first started to pay attention to my BPM at the age of 60 while in the hospital for a minor procedure when a nurse questioned my low heart rate. My doctor asked a couple of questions about any abnormalities I felt, when I said no to his questions he said not to be concerned. Now at the age of 75 I'm still doing great and have kept up my daily hikes in the forest with my dog which are about 2 miles long and 7 days a week. My heart rate will be as low as mid 30's up to high 50's, even right after or during exercise I will never exceed a rate of 60 BPM. Until I experience any abnormalities my health care provider says to just keep on Truckin.
Would love to see a video on the effects of consistently running in the Heart Rate Zone 2, and how long it typically takes to see results once you've switched to the 80% very easy 20% hard running method.
It actually works but takes a long time. For me the first measurable effects happened 6 months after I started doing most runs in zone 2 (which meant walking in the climbs). A year and a couple of months later I can run un zone 1 at 6:30 Min/km (yes, zone 1) and zone 2 would be around 5:45 Min/km.
I am lazy with good genes and my resting heart rate was about 45 when I was 50 years old. I had to have an operation and they kept me in the recovery room for ages. When I questioned this they said they were still waiting for my heart rate to come back up. I asked what it was and they said 45, I said maybe you should check my charts. 2 minutes later I was back on the ward. It’s a funny old world
I’m 63 and retired. My resting heart rate is 44. When I was really young in my 30s I wasn’t unable to donate blood because my resting heart rate was 37. When I was working out one time using a medication for BPH called Uroxatral, an alpha blocker I had an episode and passed out. I was referred to cardiology and given a Zio patch to wear for a week. The cardiologist reviewed the data with me and said my heart rate dipped as low as 30 bpm while I’m deep asleep. 😬He wasn’t at all worried he said that’s completely normal . I believe heart rate is partly genetic, I work out every day, but I have always had a bradycardic pulse.
My RHR is between 37-41 bpm. I’m 54 and exercise daily. I run 10kms one day, workout with weights for an hour the next and repeat. I make sure I have a minimum of 10,000 steps a day, usually more. Eat well and try not to get stressed too often.
I am in my early 30s and I recently started to track my bmp. I don't really exercise (the pandemic made me pretty homely and I work from home, so there is no need for me to go out) and my resting heart rate is between 60-75. When I get up every hour to do my "steps" on my tracker, I can get my heart to 115 bmp. I went to the ER not too long ago because I thought I had heart issues due to anxiety palpitations and they mentioned everything was healthy. I am definitely going to start exercising more to keep this muscle working for a very long time.
Same thing happened to me .. was being lazy for about 1yr. Drank, ate wtvr I wanted, didn't work out and I work in an office so I sit down mostly all day ... My resting heartrate would usually be in the mid 50s but it went all the way up to high 60s... I started getting palpitations, which lead to anxiety or who knows which came 1st honestly, started getting these skipped beats... Got checked out a few times , multiple tests and was all fine .. I've since started to workout about 5-6 x a week, and my resting heartrate is back to normal at mid 50s... I've lost 20lbs and my palpitations are pretty much non existent tho I still get anxious over "when will the palpations start up again?" But aside from that it's been so much better.. hope you're doing well
I’m 16 my resting id 58-80. Standing /walking 120-170. Running/going up stairs 160-210 been told it’s normal I don’t think it is but oh well . Iv never been to the hospital about it 😳
Menstruation is also a huge factor. When approaching the period the resting heart rate increases. For me it’s between 5 and 10 bpm. I could predict my period solely based on resting heart rate.
45y/o male. My RHR range is 55-65. I stand most of the day, lightly workout once or twice a week, drink about two cups of coffee everyday so I guess I could get it lower.
It's very important to me to see HR changes adjust to fartlek session changes. When rates raise and lower as the session goes on I know it's okay to add 30sec to increased pace window. If my rate doesn't recover afterwards then it's time to lesson the stress or wind down the session. But yeah if your RHR isn't dropping with running gains it's time to rethink training loads/rest periods.
RHR 38-40 when seated; 32-35 at night, according to my Apple Watch. I used to be runner (sub 17min for 5k) but now I run 5k in 27mins (Age = 69). I'm not happy for several reasons, including: >> My Apple Watch low HR alarm only allows for a min RHR of 40. >> My Omron blood pressure wrist monitor only works if HR > 40. Neither Apple nor Omron state that you must have RHR over 40.
I’ve got a low RHR but it really doesn’t mean anything because everyone’s HR is different through genetics. Like Rick said…tracking your RHR and lowering it through exercise is more important. And like Ana always says…comparison is the thief of joy so focus on your own training LOL Great Video
53 years old with my resting heart rate of 42 down to 36 when I’m asleep, I’m pretty active, gym, golf, mountain biking etc and stand as a hairdresser for long hours per week 👍
57year old 57 kg cyclist who likes climbing and sprints during cycling. I exercise every day for up to 2 hours, if I wake up and it's cool my RHR can be around 34 but normally is 36 to 38. If it's warm it can be 40, max is 167 while gasping on my bike on a max effort climb.
There are medical conditions that can cause an abnormally low resting heart rate - for years I had undiagnosed hypothyroidism, which caused my resting heart rate to be in the mid to low 50s, sometimes in the 40s (at a time when my fitness wasn't great, also due to the hypothyroidism). I'm finally healthy now, and watched my RHR drop back down from high 50s back down to low 50s (sometimes in the 40s) in 2021, which I was worried was due to a return to hypothyroidism, but this time I'm running faster than ever, so I guess it is just cardio improvements this time around. Just something to keep in mind - a low RHR is not always a sign of cardio improvements, sometimes it can be a sign of something else entirely going on.
My resting heart rate is between 80 to 90. I’m 20 years old and I had a sedentary lifestyle but I started going to the gym 2 weeks ago. I hope I can lower my RHR
A cardiologist said to me that my resting heart rate is low because it’s part of my genetic inheritance- I’ve recently had resting heart rate as low as 49! Oh and she said that running may help. She fitted a 2 week monitor and we found that my peak heart rate was found on the third lap of a hilly parkrun course!!
Chris Boardman had a pretty high resting heart rate. In my mid 20s (I'm now 62) my coach had the squad take our pulse before we got up every morning, if it was elevated by 10%, we needed to let him know and he would amend our program to avoid over training. Mine was 36. Today, at almost 63, my Garmin says it's 44 bpm. The great Australian cyclist from the 1950s and 1960s, Russell Mockridge, had a resting heart rate of 25 bpm. He relates in his autobiography a visit to a Belgian doctor when he was sick. The doctor wanted to call an ambulance, until Mockridge's wife told him he was a professional cyclist. In itself, resting heart rate is only a guide for each individual, as everyone is different. Someone with a smaller heart will have a higher heart rate, because the body still needs a certain volume of blood circulation, whereas someone with a larger heart will have lower heart rate. It's about swept volume. Having said that, I have seen research which suggests 5% of recipients of the COVID-19 vaccination, particularly the AZ, experience either Bradycardia or tachycardia. I had Bradycardia after both doses, for up to a week. I was sick last year and ended up in the local cardiac unit (it turned out to be something unrelated), but the nurses were quite concerned when my RHR was setting the critical alarm off, as it dropped below 40 bpm. It eventually corrected itself and the booster gave me no side effects.
I used to run and my RHR was 35. When I visited my doctor the nurse took my vitals and called the doctor immediately. She thought something was wrong but when the doctor asked if I ran they were relieved.
Mine is at 52bpm via blood test and overall general check up I am 31 I was an athlete since I was 10 years old up to 21 years old. I am overweight now but still happy that my athletic days gave me a good resting heart rate
My resting heart rate as a 30s/40s female has been mid 50s, which is fine, but it's annoying how high it goes once I start running, even after months of MAF. I only recently learned I need to stop holding myself to men's standards, since their heartrate is naturally lower!
My Garmin device reports that my resting heart rate is about 5 to 7 bpm lower than it is anytime I manually test. It turns out it tracks the RHR while you sleep which is the lowest it will be typically. That’s an important thing to bear in mind, you were sleeping RHR will be lower than your waking RHR, unless of course you’re having a bad dream or something. The Garman software does not differentiate, so when I look at my RHR it’s simply showing me my best number for the day I guess, which is always much lower than any time I actually measure it while I’m awake.
Mine is normally around high 40s late in the evening, sometimes 45. Can be in the 60s during the day, even resting. It rarely gets lower than that. I’m 58. I like to workout. It’s a bit higher than it used to be, but not much.
I’m 62, and exercise an average of 80 mins a day. I vary between running, cycling & walking with occasional strength sessions. My RHR is 42. I reckon some of that is due to fitness work, but also down to genes.
My lowest resting rate was 46-50 beats per minute when I was 19. I was serving national service in Singapore ( compulsory for all males) and was training to pass the standard obstacle course. We would run with boots and fatigues and webbing and carrying a rifle and 2 water bottles ( fully filled) over 1.5 km clearing obstacles. The training consists of doing the course once with full gear . Then another round without the water bottles . Then one last round with the rifle only. 4.5 km in total . We started training usually 2 months before the test date and we would get super fit .
Used to walk three miles per day. Had a resting heart rate in the low 60s in the morning after waking up and in the low 70s when sitting during the day. Over the past year, I've started swimming 50 minutes three times per week. Now my RHR is usually in the 48-52 range night and day.
2:40 I'm neither an elite athlete nor young (40 soon). My resting heart rate is mid 40s right now. If I take a few weeks off running it goes back to about 60.
The greatest effect that I have seen on my RHR is when I went to give blood. It used to be around 60s and gave blood relatively quickly. When I was training for a marathon my RHR dropped to low 40s and when I went to give blood they had to come over all the time to say I was too slow :D
I’ve got a naturally very low RHR that I inherited from my father. I was told years ago NOT to give blood as it was such a slow process it would drive the poor nurses mad. 😂
At 74 yo the cardiologist said resting HR (35 bpm) is too low and missing beats so now have a pace maker. Competitive swimmer, running 40 km a week to 35, then cycling as transport 1000 km/month, still ride 120km a week.
At age 51, I have a RHR of 40 over a long period of time, it sometimes drops down and has been as low as 36. Over 2 years it is a range of 36-44. The benefit as you get older of a low RHR, is you have a greater HR reserve. Basically the difference between your maximum HR and your resting HR. As you age the maximum HR drops gradually, though with regular running and mountain biking, I have kept the max HR at about 180 over the last 5 years. One issue I had was when I had a general anaesthetic for an operation. They surgery team had a panic when my HR went into the 30’s. They told me about it afterwards, and I said my RHR averages around 40. They told me in future to make the hospital aware of that if i ever need another operation. The other important thing is to make sure your sports watch is configured correctly for HR zones, in the Garmin world this affects recovery recommendations, I found the standard HR zones were over cautious for me. Once I programmed them correctly it became a useful and surprisingly accurate predictor of condition and performance.
According to my smart watch, my average RHR over the last two years is 49bpm. A low RHR of 45bpm and a high RHR of 73bpm. Over the past two years, I have gone from unhealthy with Lyme disease, covid, other parasitic infections, giardia, POTS, dysbiosis, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies. I have had bradycardia, tachycardia hypotension, and prehypertension. I have been vegan, vegetarian, carnivore, pescatarian, and flexitarian. All depends on what health issue and/or deficiencies I was dealing with. No cancer other than skin cancer. I hope I don't have to experience that in addition. To healthy, hiking five to nine miles a day in high altitudes to unhealthy again with hemochromatosis on a low iron diet and bloodletting. My point is that your current health status does affect your resting heart rate. Also, according to my smart watch, over the past two years, my lowest heart rate was 30bpm, and the highest was 173bpm. I am 62 6' and about 165 lbs. I am looking forward to swinging back to healthy again!
45yo Male. RHR is 44bpm when fully at rest (i.e. horizontal). Right now whilst typing this it's 53bpm. Max heart rate is around 185bpm (which I regularly reach from cycling, not running...sorry).
My Dad and brother both have very low resting heart rates and so do I so I have always thought that it is partly genetic. I'm low 40s at the moment, even when I was pretty unfit I was only mid 50s.
I use a pulse ox to check my hr. The O2 level is also important. I am 76 and I just check my pulse Ox and my hr was 48 and my O2 was 97. My fitbit says I did over 20000 steps and burned almost 4000 cal. Usual day. I credit the 20 plus years in the US Army for my health today. If you exercise never stop and it will keep you healthy.
30 YO Male. For me, resting heart rate is usually 55-65, 75-95 when standing/walking, 95-110 walking/going up stairs, 130-160 when peloton-ing. Feels pretty normal, but probably could be better.
@@hayd9785 I’m 16 my resting id 58-80. Standing /walking 120-170. Running/going up stairs 160-210 been told it’s normal I don’t think it is but oh well
My resting heart rate is generally 42-44 bpm. I am 50 years old male, athlete and run almost daily with a weekly average of 50-60 km, occasionally running half marathons as well. The RHR is coming down by 3-4 bpm each year since I started running regularly in 2019 (when it was in early 60s) Occasionally the RHR (as per Garmin watch) drops to 37-38 while asleep. I have been concerned about it getting so low and got all major tests done couple of times. As per the docs, there is nothing to worry about, it’s just a sign of a healthy heart. After watching this video, I have 2 reactions, one of being happy for having the same RHR as world’s top cyclist, and secondly, I am not a top athlete so why the RHR is so low? . Maybe it’s time to get some more tests done 😅
I never take running, just do weight training 3 days a week, take 8-10 thousand steps daily, and do static bike for 50 minutes a week. Now I got 53 bpm for my resting hearth rate
At 108kg, I was well over 100bpm at rest. Now that I've been doing a ton of rowing for two years (while losing 28kg), I'm down below 60bpm (about 40bpm while sleeping).
I'm out of shape due to ligament injury and my resting has gone up to 70 over a period of 5 months. Pain, inflamation, stress caused by the latter, not being able to train and coupled with keeping diet not suited to maintain a sedentary body thus gaining weight can be quite the problem. When I trained regularly my resting was below 60 at all times and as low as 38 sleeping.
I've always enjoyed bradycadia. I was informed of my low heart rate at primary school. I was mid 60's averge ht and wt with a HR of 38, I started running and training got really fit, unfortunately my RHR dropped to 27-29 which caused some minor problems. I now have a pacemaker fitted so my RHR does not drop below 60. My running pace has since suffered as i now never push too hard.
Maybe you should get that pacemaker removed. Talk to a cardiologist with personal knowledge of endurance sports. Maybe you should be doing 3 days per week of Zone 2 training, and 1 day of Zone 4 training (without going up into Zone 5).
I'm young, not yet 30. And whilst it's not my resting heart rate, my most easy access to a finger probe is at work. I often use myself to check the probe is working. And let me tell you, my heart rate is often over 90, and occasionally over 100. However, I blame that on clinical anxiety and working in a hospital after shielding for covid. Clearly not the best choice for my mental health. However it was super interesting to see that my anti anxiety medication did lower my heart rate for most of the day, even when I only took it the once. Its also been a nice surprise over the past month to see it drop slightly as my anxiety has improved. I'll take a hr of 80 during 12hr shifts on your feet, juggling all the stresses of the job at once!
TLDR The Running Channel hosts Rick and Anna discuss the science behind heart rate and specifically focus on the resting heart rate. Resting heart rate (RHR) is the number of times a heart beats per minute while at rest. RHR is influenced by several factors such as age, sex, weight, medications, and external factors like temperature and anxiety. Resting heart rate can be an indicator of how well the heart is functioning and can signal if something is wrong with the body. A normal resting heart rate is between 60 to 100 beats per minute. A resting heart rate above 100 is called tachycardia, while below 60 is called bradycardia. High-stress levels, excess caffeine, or infections can cause a resting heart rate over 100 beats per minute. In contrast, exercise and cardiovascular activities can lower the resting heart rate. The hosts also explain how to calculate the heart rate manually by checking the pulse rate over the wrist or neck.
Not exactly as promised. What does it tell us about the cardiovascular health as a whole? Does my low resting heart rate mean that I am at a lower risk for strokes or heart attacks? How about plaque buildup? Hardening of the arteries?
for most of the year in 1987 my RHR hovered around 38-40 except for a couple months in the spring when it gradually descended down..bottoming at 22 for a few weeks. one game I played with it, sitting in my room late in the evening, i'd put a HR monitor on and "think" my HR down, getting it as low as 8. I could hold it there for 2-3 minutes before losing control and it went back up to normal. when I tried to think it up, I got as high as 165 for a few seconds...very difficult to hold.
Running channel... This was very helpful, what about heart rate whilst running. Mine seems to be mainly in zone 5 (according to my garmin) even though I don't feel I'm going flat out. ❤️
If your max HR (the zones are calculated based off that) was only calculated from your age, it may be far off. Based on 220-age my max HR would be 176. My actual max HR is 195.
My rest heart rate is between 40 and 42 when I don't eat salty foods. One packet of crisps is enough to elevated it. I use to worry, but as it continued to stay the same with running, I stopped worrying.
I'm 60 consider myself fit { not as fit as Anna) recently spent a night in hospital .At 11pm just got to sleep when 3 nurses woke me up because my RHR fell below 35.
I screwed up recently, ignoring niggling signs of overtraining / excess intensity and was pleased to see my resting heart rate drop down to 45 on two consecutive days (mostly it's been in the high 40s recently). Straight afterwards it lurched up to a couple of days at 55. I am now taking the break I should have earlier.
@@runninggirl5077 It was 45 for two days, then lurched up to 55 two days later. It's averaged 52 in the last week which is a bit higher than my normal (50 or just below). Simple fact is that I should have taken a break from running earlier due to the injury (it was a mistake to think it was ok because it was not getting detectably worse). Continuing didn't do any good.
I've always been pretty active, played a ton of basketball, weights, jogged... At my most active my resting heartrate is at about 53-56 BPM .. whenever I take some time off, laziness, eat or drink anything my resting heartrate is in the high 60s... When I start to workout again, drops below 60s
Hemodynamic physiology is widely misunderstood. The heart itself isn’t affected much by exercise. Instead, persistent exercise proliferates capillaries in affected muscles. This reduces flow resistance, which improves cardiac efficiency and lowers resting heart rate as well as blood pressure.
My heart rate right now is 45. I wouldn't vegetarian started lifting weights and started running, but I really don't do those things very often. I attribute most of it to the diet.
Iv been really trying to get in great shape. My heart rate is 47to 55 resting rate. When walking it votes up to 80ish. Fast walk 90ish. Run 130+ It drops back to normal rather quick. Iv been told by Dr I have great heart. Lucky I guess.
Agree this would a great topic, as most of my runs seem to be in Zone 2, not on purpose but its just the pace I run/train in. Again great idea of a topic…
I am a 75YO male with a resting heart rate of 46 bpm. I also have atrial fibrillation and was wondering the impact of that on my RHR. I am a cyclist and hill walker, not a runner (joints won’t take it).
I was a long distance cyclist until a year and a half ago when I had both of my knees replaced, but this isn’t about knees. It’s about the heart, but I had my heart rate down to 55 to 60 beats resting and I could go from like 160 bpm pumping up a bridge back down to 110 in a matter of seconds a couple three seconds, but I don’t know that’s just my experience but I always try to equate cycling and running because well we all know what bodybuilding is you can’t compare that to real exercise then you can compare or riding hundred mile bike rides regularly normal exercise either after all I am 46 with two fake knees, so I don’t know but I never use steroids or anything like that because cardio athletes don’t in my opinion care about aesthetics it’s more about health and endurance
I had high heart rate above 90 sometimes above 100. And a lung embolie too. With bp of 165/110. turns out my hematocrit value was over 50. First they thought is was from low oxygen levels due to lung embolism but it shows without that too. Turns out i am constantly dehydrated and more drinking lowered the heart rate and the blood thinner helped too, so i am in the 70s now. Still high hematocrit and high fats in the blood even though i do work part time and do some exercise in the garden and with bicycle. I did lose some weight in the last years, though.
Mine is around 45 BPM, and I will never understand why it's not considered "normal", while 100 BPM is! Like, man, I can barely hit 90 when walking fast
Bradycardia has been with me for as long as I can remember. As a runner and cyclist I have used a wrist/chest strap hrm for at least 20 years. 77 years on my next birthday I monitor my heart when training for my own health. It's difficult to find any meaningful data online about training zones for older athletes as most advice is aimed at under 60s. From years of trial and painful error I can only advise a long warmup to increase heart rate to exercise levels before starting. From 45bpm to 95bpm takes me 15 minutes and also gets my tendons ready. I can then wind up to 150bpm sprints - but I don't because it's dangerous. My cap is 140 for 30 secs, usually I keep between 120 and 130 for 5k or more. If there's any scientific evidence to help me please give me a link, thanks. I want to keep ahead in the V75 class.
Thanks Paul. Sorry to hear it's been such a long and tiring process, but thank you for sharing your experience and advice. We would strongly advice speaking to a medical professional regarding your own personal needs, as we are not medical experts
A good number of interesting comments here, what a friendly crowd. One area I have found in my in-depth web research concerns long term testing of older athletes including a significant number with low HR readings. Very little correlation in any of the results that should warn you off exercise. Being running, riding or swimfit usually means you will live longer and enjoy life more. Suits me 👌👍👌👍
On training (running) days I am in the high 50s to low 70s. On rest days I am 48-53. I used to be about 40 lbs heavier and smoked and back then I was in the 100 range. I remember once not being allowed to donate blood because of it.
i don't run but do daily walks with the dog. my heart rate has always been low. even now in middle age it's low 40s...had it checked several times over the years as it seemed odd to have a RHR of an athlete even when i wasn't exercising. apparently nothing wrong!
I remember watching one of your videos about using formulae to work out HR zones (which I can’t find now) and being v confused and finding various methods on the internet and then there are the standard ones that are in some smart watches. A revisit of the zones, simplified but accurate ways of working them out and actually whether or not is worth doing would be really appreciated in another video.
Genetics. Some people are high, some people are low. Might be related to heart chamber size. I’m like a humming bird! Guys I cycle with are all very low and I sit high.
My resting heart rate varies between 48-54, this at age 73, 5’9”, and 160lbs-the last time I was running fit my RHR was 38-which caused a degree of consternation at the hospital when I went in for a tendon repair on my thumb. This was in 1983 when I was training for the London Marathon, I don’t run now but I do a lot of cycling-about 120/140 miles a week. I am currently under the Papworth Heart Hospital as my heart has been occasionally going tachycardic with a maximum of 239 bpm recorded…….I have had an Electrophysiological Study and 2 heart ablation’s which they hope has fixed the problem-as do I!
Six months after I got cv in Jan 20 I couldn’t give blood , bradycardia they said . I play Pickleball for 3 minutes and I’m tired and my heart is beating harder. After an hour of playing I’m exhausted for 6 hours !
15 years ago when I had cancer, was overweight, smoked and drank my resting hr was over 100, these days it's in the low 40's 😀👍
Great work on improving things for yourself.
That’s incredible dude. I thought 72 was good
And here I am watching this video because my heart rate seems low around 55
That's amazing wow
Mines at 46
My resting heart rate was in the 90's when I was overweight. I lost 60lbs while getting back in to shape/ changing my diet and it dropped in to the 50's!
That's great work, well done!
@Ayo it's high ... Do you smoke? How many times a week do you excercise? How tall? Gender? weight?
@Ayo yes increase cardio try to bring it down between 60 to 75 ... Right now it's working 20% more than it should. Nothing to worry though ... I recommend starting speed rope 1000 a day takes about 30 minutes a day. Try to atleast get in 5 days a week.
@Ayo its different for different people. Right now you might be nervous and always checking the hear rate which actually raises it by 10 beats on average because you are anxious. Heart is a muscle just like the rest and it needs to grow so it can pump more blood per pump so it works more efficiently and doesn't need to pump so many times in a minute... Cardio will decrease your heart beat. I recommend HIIT or skipping rope do it for a month to see some results. Make sure to rest and recover to prevent injury. Buy baby oil to massage yourself after excercise.. never forget to stretch and warmup before excercise....
I'm 68, doing (a lot of) sports for 50 years, resting heartrate is around 60, have no sickness. And I dring really a lot of coffee, for over 50 years ! (black, no sugar).
I am so happy/lucky that I found my path to sports as a young man.
My average resting heartrate is around 43 bpm. I measure it every night. I used to be a diabetic - but took up cycling 3 years ago, lost most of the weight and reversed the diabetes
Brilliant..well done. I have heard other cases of people doing the same with cycling.
@@petyrkowalski9887in general you can reverse type 2 diabetes doing sports like hiking, walking and cycling consistently and eating better (healthier and doing things like intermittent fasting). Intermittent fasting may sound complicated but it’s just not starting eating just waking up and stop eating 2-3 hours before going to bed
I'm 73 yes old my heart rate is 65 to70....was it. Good ...
Can't reverse diabetes but it can go in remission
@@Thatdudefresh I think you can reverse diabetes. I am diabetic and manage my diabetes without resorting to medications.
My Hba1c dropped from 8.8 to 6.4 in two years with lifestyle changes.
My fasting and PP were 100/122 a year ago when I weighed 68 Kg.
Now I weigh 72 Kg and my fasting and PP numbers are 100/122.
So, definitely, my beta cell functioning has improved a bit (~ 5 to 7%). That is why I can maintain the same blood glucose levels despite gaining four Kg in weight.
Now, I agree with you that my drop in PP from 8.8 to 6.4 was largely driven by both reduced intake of food and increased physical activity. One can MANAGE blood glucose level (large part), and also make little gains in beta cell functions.
I’m 60, have a RHR of 45. Always made the effort and kept in shape. Work as a groundsman so am always active; do yoga every other day.
curious, have you been officially diagnosed with bradycardia (low heart rate) by your doctor?
One thing I would like to add is fluctuation in women's RHR when they are going as they are going through their cycle. 5 beats more per minute in a woman might just mean she is in the last half of her cycle and I would be willing to bet that has an impact on how training efforts feel.
When I noticed how reliably my RHR changes based on my cycle I was baffled and fascinated. It makes perfect sense, but also it might just screw up your using your RHR as in indicator for overtraining, illness, etc.
That's a good point, thanks for raising it Daniela. We did allude to gender differences but didn't cover that specific area in the final edit.
I agree, that's like the most important thing that should be mentioned about women. You can actually track when you'll ovulate/menstruate based on the graph!:)
We need more videos on the women's health and the changes around menstruation.
Coming up to 50 year old and my resting HR is 43, very happy with that.
49yo male, 6’-1”, 215 lbs, RHR of 80 just now. I’ve been getting back into shape since July (1 hr calisthenics for 3x/week), and finally started running again (3x/week) after not running since 2013! with a goal of completing a 10k race in March. This channel is great, so much info and motivation.
What’s your RHR now?
Mine is normally around 40 - 42, but gets recorded lower during the night by my Garmin most nights. I recorded 37 in an ECG in a pre op before a hernia op a few years ago, the Nurse was so worried, she called a Doctor in, the doctor checked me out and said to keep doing what I was doing! I'm 52, so, happy with it being so low.
I'm a nurse, please never be in my ward with a hr of 37. My hr would be through the roof just seeing it!
I recorded 28 whilst sleeping wearing an ECG and ordinary have a resting rate now days (age 60) of low 40’s and only two weeks ago recorded 35 sleeping whilst being monitored in hospital.
@@garyfry3795 28 is very low, hope all this monitoring in hospital doesn't mean it is dangerous.
@@orangew3988 I am 74 and compete in kayak marathon at a modest level. After stomach surgery and 10 days of resting recovery, my 7-day average resting HR has now dropped from 38 to 35 bpm. Last year after aorta surgery my HR dropped to 28 while in the ward, and the hospital junior electro-cardiologist was talking about a Pacemaker. After the Big Chief Cardiologist from another hospital was sent for, he had a chat about my training etc, and said no need for a pacemaker. My own Cardiologist flipped when he heard about talk of a pacemaker!! PS: I had open heart surgery in 2003 with a quadruple bypass.
Dangerously low
I first started to pay attention to my BPM at the age of 60 while in the hospital for a minor procedure when a nurse questioned my low heart rate. My doctor asked a couple of questions about any abnormalities I felt, when I said no to his questions he said not to be concerned. Now at the age of 75 I'm still doing great and have kept up my daily hikes in the forest with my dog which are about 2 miles long and 7 days a week. My heart rate will be as low as mid 30's up to high 50's, even right after or during exercise I will never exceed a rate of 60 BPM. Until I experience any abnormalities my health care provider says to just keep on Truckin.
Would love to see a video on the effects of consistently running in the Heart Rate Zone 2, and how long it typically takes to see results once you've switched to the 80% very easy 20% hard running method.
Thanks for the suggestion, if might be something we can incorporate into a future challenge.
Yes! I'm doing this right now.
It actually works but takes a long time. For me the first measurable effects happened 6 months after I started doing most runs in zone 2 (which meant walking in the climbs). A year and a couple of months later I can run un zone 1 at 6:30 Min/km (yes, zone 1) and zone 2 would be around 5:45 Min/km.
I'd be interested in this too!
It's actually really hard to run slow on purpose (except during warmup). I can't do it; always end up running at a more natural pace in zones 3 & 4.
I am lazy with good genes and my resting heart rate was about 45 when I was 50 years old. I had to have an operation and they kept me in the recovery room for ages. When I questioned this they said they were still waiting for my heart rate to come back up. I asked what it was and they said 45, I said maybe you should check my charts. 2 minutes later I was back on the ward. It’s a funny old world
I love geeking out on heart rate related data. Thanks!
Yeah, this one has been really popular with a certain section of our audience. Thanks for watching!
I’m 63 and retired. My resting heart rate is 44. When I was really young in my 30s I wasn’t unable to donate blood because my resting heart rate was 37. When I was working out one time using a medication for BPH called Uroxatral, an alpha blocker I had an episode and passed out. I was referred to cardiology and given a Zio patch to wear for a week. The cardiologist reviewed the data with me and said my heart rate dipped as low as 30 bpm while I’m deep asleep. 😬He wasn’t at all worried he said that’s completely normal . I believe heart rate is partly genetic, I work out every day, but I have always had a bradycardic pulse.
My RHR is between 37-41 bpm. I’m 54 and exercise daily. I run 10kms one day, workout with weights for an hour the next and repeat. I make sure I have a minimum of 10,000 steps a day, usually more. Eat well and try not to get stressed too often.
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Mine is about the same. I run 6-7 days a week and lift 3 days a week, ~15,000-20,000 steps a day and 40milles of running per week
I am in my early 30s and I recently started to track my bmp. I don't really exercise (the pandemic made me pretty homely and I work from home, so there is no need for me to go out) and my resting heart rate is between 60-75. When I get up every hour to do my "steps" on my tracker, I can get my heart to 115 bmp. I went to the ER not too long ago because I thought I had heart issues due to anxiety palpitations and they mentioned everything was healthy. I am definitely going to start exercising more to keep this muscle working for a very long time.
Same thing happened to me .. was being lazy for about 1yr. Drank, ate wtvr I wanted, didn't work out and I work in an office so I sit down mostly all day ... My resting heartrate would usually be in the mid 50s but it went all the way up to high 60s... I started getting palpitations, which lead to anxiety or who knows which came 1st honestly, started getting these skipped beats... Got checked out a few times , multiple tests and was all fine .. I've since started to workout about 5-6 x a week, and my resting heartrate is back to normal at mid 50s... I've lost 20lbs and my palpitations are pretty much non existent tho I still get anxious over "when will the palpations start up again?" But aside from that it's been so much better.. hope you're doing well
I’m 16 my resting id 58-80. Standing /walking 120-170. Running/going up stairs 160-210 been told it’s normal I don’t think it is but oh well . Iv never been to the hospital about it 😳
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Good to see you Anna after a break, welcome 💐
Menstruation is also a huge factor. When approaching the period the resting heart rate increases. For me it’s between 5 and 10 bpm. I could predict my period solely based on resting heart rate.
World record.
It can't be so low
Happy New Year and happy running! 🥳
Mine ranges from 64 to 68. I’m 74. I’m basically happy with it, and I’ve been working out pretty hard for a year now.
66 right now.
That for me is normal never heard of 40. Or 50. I thought that is coma
45y/o male. My RHR range is 55-65. I stand most of the day, lightly workout once or twice a week, drink about two cups of coffee everyday so I guess I could get it lower.
It's very important to me to see HR changes adjust to fartlek session changes. When rates raise and lower as the session goes on I know it's okay to add 30sec to increased pace window. If my rate doesn't recover afterwards then it's time to lesson the stress or wind down the session.
But yeah if your RHR isn't dropping with running gains it's time to rethink training loads/rest periods.
RHR 38-40 when seated; 32-35 at night, according to my Apple Watch.
I used to be runner (sub 17min for 5k) but now I run 5k in 27mins (Age = 69).
I'm not happy for several reasons, including:
>> My Apple Watch low HR alarm only allows for a min RHR of 40.
>> My Omron blood pressure wrist monitor only works if HR > 40.
Neither Apple nor Omron state that you must have RHR over 40.
I’ve got a low RHR but it really doesn’t mean anything because everyone’s HR is different through genetics. Like Rick said…tracking your RHR and lowering it through exercise is more important. And like Ana always says…comparison is the thief of joy so focus on your own training LOL Great Video
53 years old with my resting heart rate of 42 down to 36 when I’m asleep, I’m pretty active, gym, golf, mountain biking etc and stand as a hairdresser for long hours per week 👍
57year old 57 kg cyclist who likes climbing and sprints during cycling. I exercise every day for up to 2 hours, if I wake up and it's cool my RHR can be around 34 but normally is 36 to 38. If it's warm it can be 40, max is 167 while gasping on my bike on a max effort climb.
I’ve been lifting weights for 3-4 years now and my RHR is 46-48. I don’t do any cardio, but I’m gonna start it up.
There are medical conditions that can cause an abnormally low resting heart rate - for years I had undiagnosed hypothyroidism, which caused my resting heart rate to be in the mid to low 50s, sometimes in the 40s (at a time when my fitness wasn't great, also due to the hypothyroidism). I'm finally healthy now, and watched my RHR drop back down from high 50s back down to low 50s (sometimes in the 40s) in 2021, which I was worried was due to a return to hypothyroidism, but this time I'm running faster than ever, so I guess it is just cardio improvements this time around. Just something to keep in mind - a low RHR is not always a sign of cardio improvements, sometimes it can be a sign of something else entirely going on.
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My resting heart rate is between 80 to 90. I’m 20 years old and I had a sedentary lifestyle but I started going to the gym 2 weeks ago. I hope I can lower my RHR
Did u lower
Did it lower
@@IntelligentElephant yes a little.
@@madhumithar3252 yes slightly
@@Maratha382 thanks
Good topic. My HR is all over the place (post covid) but slowly getting there! :)
A cardiologist said to me that my resting heart rate is low because it’s part of my genetic inheritance- I’ve recently had resting heart rate as low as 49! Oh and she said that running may help. She fitted a 2 week monitor and we found that my peak heart rate was found on the third lap of a hilly parkrun course!!
Have you found that running has helped over time?
@@runningchannel it made it lower!
At 30, my RHR was about 40. Now over 40 years later, it is now in the mid 40's. Not bad.
Chris Boardman had a pretty high resting heart rate. In my mid 20s (I'm now 62) my coach had the squad take our pulse before we got up every morning, if it was elevated by 10%, we needed to let him know and he would amend our program to avoid over training. Mine was 36. Today, at almost 63, my Garmin says it's 44 bpm. The great Australian cyclist from the 1950s and 1960s, Russell Mockridge, had a resting heart rate of 25 bpm. He relates in his autobiography a visit to a Belgian doctor when he was sick. The doctor wanted to call an ambulance, until Mockridge's wife told him he was a professional cyclist. In itself, resting heart rate is only a guide for each individual, as everyone is different. Someone with a smaller heart will have a higher heart rate, because the body still needs a certain volume of blood circulation, whereas someone with a larger heart will have lower heart rate. It's about swept volume. Having said that, I have seen research which suggests 5% of recipients of the COVID-19 vaccination, particularly the AZ, experience either Bradycardia or tachycardia. I had Bradycardia after both doses, for up to a week. I was sick last year and ended up in the local cardiac unit (it turned out to be something unrelated), but the nurses were quite concerned when my RHR was setting the critical alarm off, as it dropped below 40 bpm. It eventually corrected itself and the booster gave me no side effects.
Thank you for all the insight and information, it certainly is a fascinating topic
I used to run and my RHR was 35. When I visited my doctor the nurse took my vitals and called the doctor immediately. She thought something was wrong but when the doctor asked if I ran they were relieved.
Mine is at 52bpm via blood test and overall general check up I am 31 I was an athlete since I was 10 years old up to 21 years old. I am overweight now but still happy that my athletic days gave me a good resting heart rate
My resting heart rate as a 30s/40s female has been mid 50s, which is fine, but it's annoying how high it goes once I start running, even after months of MAF. I only recently learned I need to stop holding myself to men's standards, since their heartrate is naturally lower!
My Garmin device reports that my resting heart rate is about 5 to 7 bpm lower than it is anytime I manually test. It turns out it tracks the RHR while you sleep which is the lowest it will be typically. That’s an important thing to bear in mind, you were sleeping RHR will be lower than your waking RHR, unless of course you’re having a bad dream or something. The Garman software does not differentiate, so when I look at my RHR it’s simply showing me my best number for the day I guess, which is always much lower than any time I actually measure it while I’m awake.
That's a good point Colin, thanks for sharing.
Best average number.
Mine is normally around high 40s late in the evening, sometimes 45. Can be in the 60s during the day, even resting. It rarely gets lower than that. I’m 58. I like to workout. It’s a bit higher than it used to be, but not much.
I’m 62, and exercise an average of 80 mins a day. I vary between running, cycling & walking with occasional strength sessions. My RHR is 42. I reckon some of that is due to fitness work, but also down to genes.
My lowest resting rate was 46-50 beats per minute when I was 19. I was serving national service in Singapore ( compulsory for all males) and was training to pass the standard obstacle course. We would run with boots and fatigues and webbing and carrying a rifle and 2 water bottles ( fully filled) over 1.5 km clearing obstacles. The training consists of doing the course once with full gear . Then another round without the water bottles . Then one last round with the rifle only.
4.5 km in total . We started training usually 2 months before the test date and we would get super fit .
Video was great.
I would like to see a video on heart rate variability (HRV). Many athletics using the info to recover and training.
Used to walk three miles per day. Had a resting heart rate in the low 60s in the morning after waking up and in the low 70s when sitting during the day. Over the past year, I've started swimming 50 minutes three times per week. Now my RHR is usually in the 48-52 range night and day.
2:40 I'm neither an elite athlete nor young (40 soon). My resting heart rate is mid 40s right now. If I take a few weeks off running it goes back to about 60.
Astonishingly simplistic from a running-specific channel...
Miguel Indurain had one of 28 BPM in the realm of superhuman especially considering he could max his HR at 190 BPM
The greatest effect that I have seen on my RHR is when I went to give blood. It used to be around 60s and gave blood relatively quickly. When I was training for a marathon my RHR dropped to low 40s and when I went to give blood they had to come over all the time to say I was too slow :D
That's a really interesting point. Thanks for taking the time to share.
I’ve got a naturally very low RHR that I inherited from my father. I was told years ago NOT to give blood as it was such a slow process it would drive the poor nurses mad. 😂
At 74 yo the cardiologist said resting HR (35 bpm) is too low and missing beats so now have a pace maker. Competitive swimmer, running 40 km a week to 35, then cycling as transport 1000 km/month, still ride 120km a week.
Sick sinus and got a pacemaker. Best I have felt for a long time.
At age 51, I have a RHR of 40 over a long period of time, it sometimes drops down and has been as low as 36. Over 2 years it is a range of 36-44. The benefit as you get older of a low RHR, is you have a greater HR reserve. Basically the difference between your maximum HR and your resting HR. As you age the maximum HR drops gradually, though with regular running and mountain biking, I have kept the max HR at about 180 over the last 5 years.
One issue I had was when I had a general anaesthetic for an operation. They surgery team had a panic when my HR went into the 30’s. They told me about it afterwards, and I said my RHR averages around 40. They told me in future to make the hospital aware of that if i ever need another operation.
The other important thing is to make sure your sports watch is configured correctly for HR zones, in the Garmin world this affects recovery recommendations, I found the standard HR zones were over cautious for me. Once I programmed them correctly it became a useful and surprisingly accurate predictor of condition and performance.
Thank you for sharing, thats all really interesting and very useful information
Very interesting input, I can relate to this, mine is 45 at rest. Aged 60, but I struggle to get it higher than 155bpm, even running a fast 10km.
According to my smart watch, my average RHR over the last two years is 49bpm. A low RHR of 45bpm and a high RHR of 73bpm. Over the past two years, I have gone from unhealthy with Lyme disease, covid, other parasitic infections, giardia, POTS, dysbiosis, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies. I have had bradycardia, tachycardia hypotension, and prehypertension. I have been vegan, vegetarian, carnivore, pescatarian, and flexitarian. All depends on what health issue and/or deficiencies I was dealing with. No cancer other than skin cancer. I hope I don't have to experience that in addition. To healthy, hiking five to nine miles a day in high altitudes to unhealthy again with hemochromatosis on a low iron diet and bloodletting. My point is that your current health status does affect your resting heart rate. Also, according to my smart watch, over the past two years, my lowest heart rate was 30bpm, and the highest was 173bpm. I am 62 6' and about 165 lbs. I am looking forward to swinging back to healthy again!
6’4” male - 200lbs - 65 years old - resting heart rate is 43 to 45. I work out at Orange Theory twice a week and at the YMCA another day or two
Best to measure heart rate for a full minute. Using 15 seconds could be off by 1 beat and thus off by 4 beats for a full minute.
45yo Male. RHR is 44bpm when fully at rest (i.e. horizontal). Right now whilst typing this it's 53bpm. Max heart rate is around 185bpm (which I regularly reach from cycling, not running...sorry).
64 years old here, and I am not a runner. My RHR has always been about 60.
My Dad and brother both have very low resting heart rates and so do I so I have always thought that it is partly genetic. I'm low 40s at the moment, even when I was pretty unfit I was only mid 50s.
But they still are alive?
I use a pulse ox to check my hr. The O2 level is also important. I am 76 and I just check my pulse Ox and my hr was 48 and my O2 was 97. My fitbit says I did over 20000 steps and burned almost 4000 cal. Usual day. I credit the 20 plus years in the US Army for my health today. If you exercise never stop and it will keep you healthy.
Glad to see you avoided those burn pits, agent orange, and nuke tests. You did avoid them, right? 😬
Be happy you make it until 200. Have a cognac
Very beautifully explained
I'm 56 years old. My resting heart rate is about 58, with a max of about 180 during high intensity exercise.
30 YO Male. For me, resting heart rate is usually 55-65, 75-95 when standing/walking, 95-110 walking/going up stairs, 130-160 when peloton-ing. Feels pretty normal, but probably could be better.
Im a 29 old male and thats almost identical to mine, i do quite abit of walking and bodyweight exercises but not any HIIT/anaerobic training
@@hayd9785 I’m 16 my resting id 58-80. Standing /walking 120-170. Running/going up stairs 160-210 been told it’s normal I don’t think it is but oh well
54 year old man with a resting heart rate of 56. Very happy with that. Been doing exclusively hill sprints recently which may be the reason.
Sounds like you've been putting some serious training in. Well done!
My resting heart rate is generally 42-44 bpm. I am 50 years old male, athlete and run almost daily with a weekly average of 50-60 km, occasionally running half marathons as well. The RHR is coming down by 3-4 bpm each year since I started running regularly in 2019 (when it was in early 60s)
Occasionally the RHR (as per Garmin watch) drops to 37-38 while asleep. I have been concerned about it getting so low and got all major tests done couple of times. As per the docs, there is nothing to worry about, it’s just a sign of a healthy heart.
After watching this video, I have 2 reactions, one of being happy for having the same RHR as world’s top cyclist, and secondly, I am not a top athlete so why the RHR is so low? . Maybe it’s time to get some more tests done 😅
I never take running, just do weight training 3 days a week, take 8-10 thousand steps daily, and do static bike for 50 minutes a week. Now I got 53 bpm for my resting hearth rate
At 108kg, I was well over 100bpm at rest. Now that I've been doing a ton of rowing for two years (while losing 28kg), I'm down below 60bpm (about 40bpm while sleeping).
I,m 72 and have a resting heart beat of 52/59 , not bad considering I have lung cancer , so keep fit makes a massive difference , walking, biking etc
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I'm out of shape due to ligament injury and my resting has gone up to 70 over a period of 5 months. Pain, inflamation, stress caused by the latter, not being able to train and coupled with keeping diet not suited to maintain a sedentary body thus gaining weight can be quite the problem. When I trained regularly my resting was below 60 at all times and as low as 38 sleeping.
45 year old male here with a resting HR between 41-45. Been running for over 15 years.
I've always enjoyed bradycadia. I was informed of my low heart rate at primary school. I was mid 60's averge ht and wt with a HR of 38, I started running and training got really fit, unfortunately my RHR dropped to 27-29 which caused some minor problems. I now have a pacemaker fitted so my RHR does not drop below 60. My running pace has since suffered as i now never push too hard.
Maybe you should get that pacemaker removed. Talk to a cardiologist with personal knowledge of endurance sports. Maybe you should be doing 3 days per week of Zone 2 training, and 1 day of Zone 4 training (without going up into Zone 5).
I'm young, not yet 30. And whilst it's not my resting heart rate, my most easy access to a finger probe is at work. I often use myself to check the probe is working. And let me tell you, my heart rate is often over 90, and occasionally over 100. However, I blame that on clinical anxiety and working in a hospital after shielding for covid. Clearly not the best choice for my mental health. However it was super interesting to see that my anti anxiety medication did lower my heart rate for most of the day, even when I only took it the once. Its also been a nice surprise over the past month to see it drop slightly as my anxiety has improved. I'll take a hr of 80 during 12hr shifts on your feet, juggling all the stresses of the job at once!
TLDR
The Running Channel hosts Rick and Anna discuss the science behind heart rate and specifically focus on the resting heart rate. Resting heart rate (RHR) is the number of times a heart beats per minute while at rest. RHR is influenced by several factors such as age, sex, weight, medications, and external factors like temperature and anxiety. Resting heart rate can be an indicator of how well the heart is functioning and can signal if something is wrong with the body. A normal resting heart rate is between 60 to 100 beats per minute. A resting heart rate above 100 is called tachycardia, while below 60 is called bradycardia. High-stress levels, excess caffeine, or infections can cause a resting heart rate over 100 beats per minute. In contrast, exercise and cardiovascular activities can lower the resting heart rate. The hosts also explain how to calculate the heart rate manually by checking the pulse rate over the wrist or neck.
Not exactly as promised. What does it tell us about the cardiovascular health as a whole? Does my low resting heart rate mean that I am at a lower risk for strokes or heart attacks? How about plaque buildup? Hardening of the arteries?
for most of the year in 1987 my RHR hovered around 38-40 except for a couple months in the spring when it gradually descended down..bottoming at 22 for a few weeks. one game I played with it, sitting in my room late in the evening, i'd put a HR monitor on and "think" my HR down, getting it as low as 8. I could hold it there for 2-3 minutes before losing control and it went back up to normal. when I tried to think it up, I got as high as 165 for a few seconds...very difficult to hold.
68 years old resting HR of 49 beats a minute. I run, cycle and swim 3 times each a week.
Running channel... This was very helpful, what about heart rate whilst running. Mine seems to be mainly in zone 5 (according to my garmin) even though I don't feel I'm going flat out. ❤️
If your max HR (the zones are calculated based off that) was only calculated from your age, it may be far off. Based on 220-age my max HR would be 176. My actual max HR is 195.
Interesting and well done. Thanks
My rest heart rate is between 40 and 42 when I don't eat salty foods. One packet of crisps is enough to elevated it. I use to worry, but as it continued to stay the same with running, I stopped worrying.
That's so interesting that you can identify the cause for the change in your RHR. I'm sure many would never have made that connection!
I thought that is death. 42 or so
@@dagmarvandoren9364 For me, it is not.
I'm 60 consider myself fit { not as fit as Anna) recently spent a night in hospital .At 11pm just got to sleep when 3 nurses woke me up because my RHR fell below 35.
I screwed up recently, ignoring niggling signs of overtraining / excess intensity and was pleased to see my resting heart rate drop down to 45 on two consecutive days (mostly it's been in the high 40s recently). Straight afterwards it lurched up to a couple of days at 55. I am now taking the break I should have earlier.
I didn't understand you,so, was it to 40-45 because of overtraining? And with taking a break went to a more common reading of +50??
@@runninggirl5077 It was 45 for two days, then lurched up to 55 two days later. It's averaged 52 in the last week which is a bit higher than my normal (50 or just below). Simple fact is that I should have taken a break from running earlier due to the injury (it was a mistake to think it was ok because it was not getting detectably worse). Continuing didn't do any good.
I've always been pretty active, played a ton of basketball, weights, jogged... At my most active my resting heartrate is at about 53-56 BPM .. whenever I take some time off, laziness, eat or drink anything my resting heartrate is in the high 60s... When I start to workout again, drops below 60s
Hemodynamic physiology is widely misunderstood. The heart itself isn’t affected much by exercise. Instead, persistent exercise proliferates capillaries in affected muscles. This reduces flow resistance, which improves cardiac efficiency and lowers resting heart rate as well as blood pressure.
My heart rate right now is 45. I wouldn't vegetarian started lifting weights and started running, but I really don't do those things very often. I attribute most of it to the diet.
great explanation !.. mine is around 56-58 for last 4 years .... measured with wrist smart watch . definitely exercise maintains RHR or reduces it ..
Glad to hear that you found this useful.
Had a HA in 2021, heart rate was always high, then I got a stent in my RCA and it is between 50 and 55 now, resting... I feel so mucn better..
What was your resting heart rate before you had the heart attack?
My resting heart rate is 130BPM with tachycardia,when I excercised the heart would just keep at the same level. I take betablockers and now it is 85.
Iv been really trying to get in great shape. My heart rate is 47to 55 resting rate. When walking it votes up to 80ish. Fast walk 90ish. Run 130+
It drops back to normal rather quick.
Iv been told by Dr I have great heart. Lucky I guess.
Agree this would a great topic, as most of my runs seem to be in Zone 2, not on purpose but its just the pace I run/train in. Again great idea of a topic…
I am a 75YO male with a resting heart rate of 46 bpm. I also have atrial fibrillation and was wondering the impact of that on my RHR. I am a cyclist and hill walker, not a runner (joints won’t take it).
I'm 47 and my RHR is between 50 and 59 according to my fitness tracker. Don't do any running or similar activities. Never have.
I was a long distance cyclist until a year and a half ago when I had both of my knees replaced, but this isn’t about knees. It’s about the heart, but I had my heart rate down to 55 to 60 beats resting and I could go from like 160 bpm pumping up a bridge back down to 110 in a matter of seconds a couple three seconds, but I don’t know that’s just my experience but I always try to equate cycling and running because well we all know what bodybuilding is you can’t compare that to real exercise then you can compare or riding hundred mile bike rides regularly normal exercise either after all I am 46 with two fake knees, so I don’t know but I never use steroids or anything like that because cardio athletes don’t in my opinion care about aesthetics it’s more about health and endurance
I’m 51 and my RHR is typically 45-48 bpm
I had high heart rate above 90 sometimes above 100. And a lung embolie too. With bp of 165/110. turns out my hematocrit value was over 50. First they thought is was from low oxygen levels due to lung embolism but it shows without that too. Turns out i am constantly dehydrated and more drinking lowered the heart rate and the blood thinner helped too, so i am in the 70s now. Still high hematocrit and high fats in the blood even though i do work part time and do some exercise in the garden and with bicycle. I did lose some weight in the last years, though.
My resting heart rate says I have a pacemaker.
Mine is around 45 BPM, and I will never understand why it's not considered "normal", while 100 BPM is! Like, man, I can barely hit 90 when walking fast
Bradycardia has been with me for as long as I can remember. As a runner and cyclist I have used a wrist/chest strap hrm for at least 20 years. 77 years on my next birthday I monitor my heart when training for my own health. It's difficult to find any meaningful data online about training zones for older athletes as most advice is aimed at under 60s. From years of trial and painful error I can only advise a long warmup to increase heart rate to exercise levels before starting. From 45bpm to 95bpm takes me 15 minutes and also gets my tendons ready. I can then wind up to 150bpm sprints - but I don't because it's dangerous. My cap is 140 for 30 secs, usually I keep between 120 and 130 for 5k or more. If there's any scientific evidence to help me please give me a link, thanks. I want to keep ahead in the V75 class.
Thanks Paul. Sorry to hear it's been such a long and tiring process, but thank you for sharing your experience and advice. We would strongly advice speaking to a medical professional regarding your own personal needs, as we are not medical experts
Look up Dr Phil Maffetone. He is very much about low heart rate training for health and racing.
A good number of interesting comments here, what a friendly crowd. One area I have found in my in-depth web research concerns long term testing of older athletes including a significant number with low HR readings. Very little correlation in any of the results that should warn you off exercise. Being running, riding or swimfit usually means you will live longer and enjoy life more. Suits me 👌👍👌👍
On training (running) days I am in the high 50s to low 70s. On rest days I am 48-53. I used to be about 40 lbs heavier and smoked and back then I was in the 100 range. I remember once not being allowed to donate blood because of it.
My RHR was 37 in my early 30s, I'm fatter and older now but still exercise 3-5 times a week, it's early 42-46 now
i don't run but do daily walks with the dog. my heart rate has always been low. even now in middle age it's low 40s...had it checked several times over the years as it seemed odd to have a RHR of an athlete even when i wasn't exercising. apparently nothing wrong!
At 15 years old RHR was 50bpm. Lowest was 46. Was running everyday back then
I remember watching one of your videos about using formulae to work out HR zones (which I can’t find now) and being v confused and finding various methods on the internet and then there are the standard ones that are in some smart watches. A revisit of the zones, simplified but accurate ways of working them out and actually whether or not is worth doing would be really appreciated in another video.
Genetics. Some people are high, some people are low. Might be related to heart chamber size. I’m like a humming bird! Guys I cycle with are all very low and I sit high.
My resting heart rate varies between 48-54, this at age 73, 5’9”, and 160lbs-the last time I was running fit my RHR was 38-which caused a degree of consternation at the hospital when I went in for a tendon repair on my thumb. This was in 1983 when I was training for the London Marathon, I don’t run now but I do a lot of cycling-about 120/140 miles a week. I am currently under the Papworth Heart Hospital as my heart has been occasionally going tachycardic with a maximum of 239 bpm recorded…….I have had an Electrophysiological Study and 2 heart ablation’s which they hope has fixed the problem-as do I!
Six months after I got cv in Jan 20 I couldn’t give blood , bradycardia they said . I play Pickleball for 3 minutes and I’m tired and my heart is beating harder. After an hour of playing I’m exhausted for 6 hours !