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What is your resting heart rate ?
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By *rHotNotts OP Man
over a year ago
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I just got mine to go from 59 to 55 by staring at it on my phone and breathing / relaxing / willing it to go lower for 2-3 mins.
Never knew you could actually control it like that. Have i added a few days to my life ?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No, you haven't added any days unfortunately.
Resting heartbeat can change from one minute to the next but as long as it's in the 60-100 range you're good.
Below 60 is called bradycardia but it's probably nothing to worry about (it happens to most people when sleeping). Mine used to be consistently 55bpm when I was cycling 150 miles a week.
Mine is currently bang on 60 |
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Now it’s around 63. I can get it lower.
At the time of my operation it went up to over 200 I was in AF. Very scary. They had taken the wires off my heart by pulling them through my chest earlier so had to reappear to meds.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The smart watches are useful. I have Fitbit it's funny sometimes when it tracks in the app. It alerts when you are cardio or fat burn. During sex it's funny to see how you hit the zones and you get the alert on your wrist. |
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Average of 42.
I know when I’m going to be get a cold/virus etc as it shoots to 72 before symptoms show and stays there till I’m better."
I was _really_ poorly over Christmas and the first thing I noticed was my resting heart rate jumped about a day or so before hand. You can see from my apple health stats when I was ill because my heart rate was super high for most of
December. It has taken a while to drop back and that is how I know I am recovering. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I dont have anything strapped to me 24/7 to know."
You don't need anything strapped to you - just take your pulse and count how many beats in 15 seconds, then multiply it by 4.
Mine was 15 beat in 15 seconds, x 4 = 60 |
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"Somewhere in the 60s or 70s, obviously varies  "
Just taken mine, it was 68. My pulse is really hard to find (including my carotid pulse) and I don't wear Fitbits etc because they go bonkers with wheelchair self propelling  |
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56 at this moment in time, but it’s often low 40s when I wake up in a morning, I’ve cut all the nasty stuff from my diet and exercise by walking because I was told I was obese I’ve lost almost 40 pounds since last September blood pressure was really high too and that’s into the normal range now, I need to loose another 7pounds to be at my correct BMI my doctor said I have done really well |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mid 80's, it was in the low 60's late 50's until I had covid and my blood pressure went wild.
Exercise gets it up to 125, with big hills on the bike taking it to 155 |
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"I dont have anything strapped to me 24/7 to know.
You don't need anything strapped to you - just take your pulse and count how many beats in 15 seconds, then multiply it by 4.
Mine was 15 beat in 15 seconds, x 4 = 60"
I know, but I couldnt find a pulse! |
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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago
Not all that North of North London |
"Aren't we supposed to exercise then see how long it takes to go down, to test fitness?"
Yes, but it's not quite as simple as that as there are a lot of variables. But yes if yiu do the sane exercise regularly, your HR should drop quicker. |
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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago
Not all that North of North London |
"I'm actually quite worried why mine is now 94 and I'm sat having a cuppa "
Possibly because you are thinking about it. It's a bit like BP, stress that it's high vegore checking it and it will be high. Anxiety will make it higher.
Check it first thing on a morning or depending on your watch get an app to measure it while your sleeping as that is more valid.
Plus, lack of sleep, caffeine, illness will all increase it. 90 might not ne normal, I'm fighting manflu at the moment, and not sleeping and my resting HR is higher than normal |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My little machine tells me mine is 67 right now. Breathing exercises does slow the heart and lower blood pressure I think, I try to that in the doc surgery when they take my blood pressure, best of three, the third is usually good and low but you end up in a trance  |
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"I just got mine to go from 59 to 55 by staring at it on my phone and breathing / relaxing / willing it to go lower for 2-3 mins.
Never knew you could actually control it like that. Have i added a few days to my life ?
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Not sure the Fitbit and phone are on charge. I'm sure it's fine. Despite being fat, I'm fairly active so anyone who takes my blood pressure get a shock that rates at the teenager level.
Due to my mental health medication, I'm suppose to have an annual heart test and that's come back normal for the last 9 years that I've been on it.
Yes you can control it like that. I know this unfortunately from various mental health crises. High emotional distress and high emotional dysregulation, the ambulance crew think I'm having a heart attack. I usually refuse to go unless they section me so we wait around for 30-60 minutes for me to calm down and it goes back down to normal. It spikes with panic and anxiety attacks also. I can reduce my anxiety and heartbeat with breathing techniques.
It's a useful skill to know how to reduce your hearbeat. Divers do it so they use less oxygen. |
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Not sure what mine is, but some years ago I was taken to my then local walk-in centre in the middle of a night shift due to having some chest pain...
....after the nurse there had taken my pulse - twice - she arranged for me to go the few hundred yards to the main hospital's A&E...
....for which an ambulance had to be called, despite my insisting I could walk - the crew hooked me up to a monitor for the 'journey'...
....and it was only then that I found out the reason for the transfer - they, like the nurse, were concerned that my 'resting' heart rate was "a bit slow", especially considering I'd had some chest pain...
....which the A&E doctor soon diagnosed as muscular, and nothing cardiac whatsoever!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I can get mine down to low forties with meditation and no distractions, always been able to do it, cycling and running are the things that help bring it down as it’s the constant cardio that improves the heart muscle, used to be a London cycle courier for about 7 years in my yoof so it stems from that, still doesn’t mean I’m fit or anything and the reality is there’s people in here who can go lower than me without even knowing it or trying |
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It does have to be said that our heart rates get *higher* when we sit down for a length of time, and lower again when we are active (obviously rising again for most people if they really burn it or get afraid etc!)
A resting heart rate below 60 is actually too slow for a lot of people, though athletes can keep it quite low.
'Normal' is 60-100 while resting. pt |
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"I think I'm about to have a heart attack,I checked my stress level on my app and that is also very high  ,this thread has sent me into a downward spiral "
-94 for having a cuppa is still normal. pt |
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"Has anyone taken it during sex?
Maybe those you like to video with their phones can have a quick peek!"
Yes, not intentionally but via a heart monitor it made the cardiologist chuckle when they asked what I was doing 176 (mine normally fast)
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"I just got mine to go from 59 to 55 by staring at it on my phone and breathing / relaxing / willing it to go lower for 2-3 mins.
Never knew you could actually control it like that. Have i added a few days to my life ?
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To answer the OPs OP, no, as 59 is low anyway! If it's safely in the healthy zone your lifespan isn't going to change a second. Your concentration and breathing etc probably just made it lower a little as they are ironically a type of activity.
Some of the figures on here (ie in the 40's) are super low. ---pt |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think I'm about to have a heart attack,I checked my stress level on my app and that is also very high ,this thread has sent me into a downward spiral "
Mine is 93 but it said that was normal - must admit seeing everyone elses so low, I thought that I had best check. The interweb says normal is 60-100 and it can vary depending on age, health, resting, etc. |
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"I think I'm about to have a heart attack,I checked my stress level on my app and that is also very high ,this thread has sent me into a downward spiral
Mine is 93 but it said that was normal - must admit seeing everyone elses so low, I thought that I had best check. The interweb says normal is 60-100 and it can vary depending on age, health, resting, etc."
--I used to have a 'Microsoft band' in mid forties and recorded everything from just under 60 a couple of times, to nearly 100 quite a few times. I always took it when I got to sit down for a bit (I was quite an active carer at the time). It really will depend. ---pt |
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Some people have big old moose heart's that are slow and powerful.
Some have tiny bird hearts that beat at an alarming rate.
It's more about how high it goes during exertion and more importantly how long it takes to go back to "your" normal level. |
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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago
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"38 usually around five in the morning.42 average rest of the time.
Someone is bradycardic! "
Due to high level training when I was younger.
Hearts fine, just the rest of me that’s dropping to bits. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine's in the 40s while asleep. I don't think that's particularly unusual.
During the day it's mid 50s. My Garmin says the average over the past year is 50 but I think that includes while asleep. For intense exercise it peaks at 180 or so with a max of 190.
I'm doing heart rate training at the mo for long runs. |
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"How the heck would I know that
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I think 'Fitbits' (or whatever wrist wear is the most popular now) are the easiest these days. But your phone could tell you (if you press the right part using the right app), and you might not even realise that! pt |
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"I just got mine to go from 59 to 55 by staring at it on my phone and breathing / relaxing / willing it to go lower for 2-3 mins.
Never knew you could actually control it like that. Have i added a few days to my life ?
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Average resting is 52 |
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"I just got mine to go from 59 to 55 by staring at it on my phone and breathing / relaxing / willing it to go lower for 2-3 mins.
Never knew you could actually control it like that. Have i added a few days to my life ?
Average resting is 52
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-I keep seeing 60 to 100 being "normal". I can't see anywhere saying the average is 52 (though it's seems to be pretty low for quite a lot on here I con_ede).
PS. re the quoted quote, that is actually activity bringing it down, not relaxation! 'Willing' etc = activity!
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Generally low 50's while awake, mid to low 40's while asleep. Partners is often low 40's and sometimes into the 30's though apparently this is not a cause for concern - she claims to be a supreme athlete but I'm not convinced. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Are these fit bits full of shit bits?
How do so many on Fab have low hr's?
Or is that so few of us are getting any lol? pt"
It’s a cross section of society. You will always have a mix.
I’m a runner, cyclist, hiker and have been since I was a teenager. Mine is in the 40’s because of a life time intensive exercise. My best friend has a low heart rate due to illness. It is what it. |
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