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Heart Rate

  • 10-04-2020 7:40pm
    #1
    paddythere
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    Recently got a fitbit and was expecting my heart rate to be around 60 when relaxing but whenever I am sitting down or lying down it is 47-49..Is this good or a possibly a sign of some condition? I do a fair bit of exercise (probably 3-4 weights sessions + 3 runs a week) but I wouldnt consider myself extremely fit so am not sure what to make of this heart rate


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  • #2
    28064212
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    Why did you expect it to be 60?

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    BloodBath
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    I'm no doctor but a lower resting heart rate is generally a sign of good fitness although it can also be something negative.

    You are in the excellent to athlete range although I'm sure there are many other factors. Age being 1 of them.

    I'd be much more worried if your resting heart rate was high.


  • #4
    paddythere
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    28064212 wrote: »
    Why did you expect it to be 60?

    Just always thought something around 60 was the expected resting rate of someone in early 30s who is relatively fit but not ridiculously fit


  • #5
    28064212
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    paddythere wrote: »
    Just always thought something around 60 was the expected resting rate of someone in early 30s who is relatively fit but not ridiculously fit
    Not true. 60 is a "common" resting HR, it's irrelevant to an individual

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  • #6
    wakka12
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    OP 3-4 weight sessions and 3 runs is a huge amount more exercise than the majority of the population does and would be in the very fit category. Its no surprise your pulse rate is low


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  • #7
    paddythere
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    wakka12 wrote: »
    OP 3-4 weight sessions and 3 runs is a huge amount more exercise than the majority of the population does and would be in the very fit category. Its no surprise your pulse rate is low

    Suppose. I've been training like this for a good 10 years but I never expected my resting heart rate to be anything near what it is. I wouldve thought maybe Olympic runners and really fit footballers have theirs in the 40's but not the average gym-goer.


  • #8
    28064212
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    paddythere wrote: »
    Suppose. I've been training like this for a good 10 years but I never expected my resting heart rate to be anything near what it is. I wouldve thought maybe Olympic runners and really fit footballers have theirs in the 40's but not the average gym-goer.
    Fitness is a factor in resting HR, but far from the only one. You could be a world-class athlete and have a resting HR in the high 60s, or an overweight office worker who doesn't so much as run for a bus and be in the 30s.

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  • #9
    bilbot79
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    Similar to my heart rate when I am running regularly. Body is fit and the heart doesn't need to beat as much.

    Very different story after 12 cans and 20 fags though


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